Suffixes unit 1 Flashcards
suffixes/definitions
1
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-a
A
word ending
2
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-al
A
pertaining to
3
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-algia
A
pain
4
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-ar
A
pertaining to
5
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-ary
A
pertaining to
6
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-cele
A
hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)
7
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-centesis
A
puncture
8
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-desis
A
binding together
9
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-dynia
A
pain
10
Q
-e
A
word ending
11
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-eal
A
pertaining
12
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-ectomy
A
cutting out of
13
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-emia
A
present in blood, indicating disease
14
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-esis
A
process
15
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-etic
A
a drug or condition causing a process
16
Q
-eum
A
anatomical structure word ending
17
Q
-gram
A
a record of a test or procedure
18
Q
-graphy
A
a test or procedure
19
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-hypertrophy
A
too much growth
20
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-ia
A
disease
21
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-iac
A
pertaining to
22
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-ial
A
pertaining to
23
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-iasis
A
presence of an abnormality
24
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-ic
A
pertaining to
25
-is
anatomical structure word ending
26
-itis
inflammation
27
-ium
anatomical structure word ending
28
-lith
stone
29
-logy
study of
30
-lysis
breaking down; destroying
31
-malacia
softening due to disease
32
-megaly
enlargement due to disease
33
-oid
looks life; resembles
34
-oma
tumor
35
-on
unit of anatomical structure
36
-osis
process
37
-pathy
state of disease
38
-penia
low levels of
39
-pexy
surgical fixation
40
-plasty
surgical revision
41
-poiesis
creation process
42
-ptosis
drooping
43
-rrhaphy
suturing
44
-rrhea
abnormal flow
45
--rrhexis
rupture
46
-scler
hardening
47
-scope
instrument for looking inside
48
-scopy
the process of looking inside
49
-spasm
involuntary contraction
50
-stomy
creating an opening (or "mouth") with surgery
51
-tomy
cutting
52
-trophy
nourishment, growth
53
-uria
present in urine, indicating disease
54
-y
disease
55
-rrhage
bursting forth
56
-logist
one who studies
