Suffixes Chapter 2 Flashcards
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-iatrics, -iatry
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field of medicine
2
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-iatrist, -ician, -ist
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specialist
3
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-logist, -ologist
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specialist in the study of
4
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture
5
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-cidal, -cide
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destroying, killing
6
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-desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
7
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-dilation
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widening, stretching, expanding
8
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-ectomy
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excision, surgical removal
9
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-graphy
A
process of recording
10
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-metry
A
measurement
11
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-pexy
A
surgical fixation
12
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
13
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-rrhaphy
A
suture, suturing
14
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-scopy
A
visual examination
15
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-therapy
A
treatment
16
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-tomy
A
cutting into, incision
17
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-tripsy
A
crushing
18
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-acusia, -acusis, -cusis
A
hearing
19
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-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia
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pain
20
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-esthesia
A
sensation
21
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-dipsia
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thirst
22
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-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy
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vision, view of
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-osmia
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smell, odor
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-phobia
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fear
25
-phoria
feeling
26
-clasis, -clast
to break
27
-ectasis
dilation, expanding
28
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous
creating, producing
29
-emesis
vomiting
30
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
31
-lysis
destruction
32
-pause, -stasis
cessation, stopping
33
-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing
34
-phasia
speech
35
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
36
-rrhea
flow, discharge
37
-rrhexis
rupture
38
-spasm
sudden involuntary contraction
39
-uresis
urination
40
-graph
recording instrument
41
-meter
measuring instrument
42
-scope
viewing instrument
43
-tome
cutting instrument
44
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic, -tous
pertaining to
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-cyte, -cytic
cell
46
-gram
record
47
-ole, -ule
small
48
-prandial
meal
49
-stomy
mouthlike opening
50
-cele
hernia
51
-constriction
narrowing
52
-cytosis
a condition of cells
53
-derma
skin
54
-edema
swelling
55
-emia
a condition of the blood
56
-gravida
pregnant woman
57
-ia, -ism
condition
58
-iasis
pathological condition or state
59
-itis
inflammation
60
-lepsy, -leptic
seizure
61
-lith
stone
62
-malacia
softening
63
-megaly
enlargement
64
-necrosis
tissue death
65
-oid
resembling
66
-oma
tumor
67
-osis
abnormal condition
68
-oxia
oxygen
69
-paresis
slight or partial paralysis
70
-partum, -tocia
child birth or labor
71
-pathy
disease
72
-penia
deficiency
73
-pepsia
digestion
74
-phonia
voice
75
-plasia, -plasm
formation, growth
76
-plastic
pertaining to formation or growth
77
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
78
-pnea
breathing
79
-pneic
pertaining to breathing
80
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse
81
-salpinx
uterine tube
82
-sclerosis
hardening
83
-static
not in motion, at rest
84
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
85
-thorax
chest
86
-trophy
nourishment, growth
87
-uria
urine
88
-plegia
paralysis
