Unit 1: Medical English-Suffixes Flashcards
(66 cards)
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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-ary
A
pertaining to
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-eal
A
pertaining to
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-ic
A
pertaining to
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-ous
A
pertaining to
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-tic
A
pertaining to
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-algia
A
pain
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-dynia
A
pain
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-cele
A
hernia (something that sicks out where it shouldn’t)
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-centesis
A
puncture
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-cide
A
killing
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-cyte
A
cell
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-desis
A
binding (by a disease process)
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-ectomy
A
removal
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-emia
A
blood condition
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-genic
A
creating; giving rise to
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-gram
A
written, visual record
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-graph
A
instrument used to produce a visual record
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-graphy
A
procedure used to produce a visual record
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-ia
A
condition; disease
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-y
A
condition; disease
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-iasis
A
presence of
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-iatrics
medical science
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-iatry
medical science
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-iatrist
specialist in the practice of
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-icle
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller
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-ole
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller
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-ule
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller
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-ula
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller
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-ise
ending that makes a noun into a verb
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-ize
ending that makes a noun into a verb
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-ism
condition or procedure or beleif
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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-ium
tissue or structure
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-lith
stone
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-logist
specialist in the study of
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-logy
study of
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-us
condition
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-tomy
cut; incision
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-tion
word ending that makes a noun into a process
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-stomy
creation of an opening
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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-scopy
process of using an instrument to visualize something
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-scope
instrument for visualizing something
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-rrehxis
rupture
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-rrhaphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
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-rrhage
excessive flow
## Footnote
such as: hemorrhage
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-rrhea
excessive flow
## Footnote
such as: Diarrhea
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-ptosis
drooping
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-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
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-plasia
formation, development, growth
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-pexy
surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure
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-penia
deficiency; lack of
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-pathy
disease
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-osis
condition
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-oma
tumor or swelling
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-oid
resembling
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-metry
the process of usinng an instrument for measuring
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-meter
instrument for measurment
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-megaly
enlargement
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-malacia
softening
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-lysis
breakdown; destruction
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-lytic
breakdown; destruction
