Flashcards in Unit 1 - Suffixes Deck (69)
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-ac
pertaining to (cardiac)
2
-al
pertaining to (neural)
3
-algia
pain (arthralgia)
4
-cyte
cell (erythrocyte)
5
-ectomy
excision, removal (nephrectomy)
6
-emia
blood condition (anemia)
7
-genic
pertaining to; producing; produced by; produced in
(carcinogenic)
8
-globin
protein (hemoglobin)
9
-gram
record (cardiogram)
10
-ic, -ical
pertaining to (gastric)
11
-ion
process (excision)
12
-ist
specialist
13
-itis
inflammation
14
-logy
process of study
15
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
16
-opsy
process of viewing (biopsy)
17
-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
18
-pathy
disease condition
19
-scope
instrument to visually examine
20
-scopy
process of visually examining
21
-sis
state of; condition (prognosis)
22
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
23
-y
process, condition
24
-blast
embryonic, immature
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-crine
to secrete
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-drome
to run
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-emia
blood condition
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-itis
inflammation
29
-lith
condition of stones
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