1c Word Parts: MEDICAL TERMS suffixes (endings) Flashcards by William Hughes

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-ac

A

pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia, -algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-dilation, dilatation

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widening, stretching, expanding

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-ectasis, -ectasia

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dilation, dilatation, widening

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-ectomy

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removal, excision, resection

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-edema

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swelling

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-form

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resembling

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-gram

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record

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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condition of

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-ian

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medical specialty

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-iatrics

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medical specialty (Pediatrics)

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ical

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pertaining to (optical)

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-ism

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condition of

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-ist

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medical specialty (optometrist)

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-itis

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inflammation /inflamed (swollen/red) - appendicitis

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-logy

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study of (biology, psychology)

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

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-lytic

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dissolving, reducing, loosening

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

A

-enlargement

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-meter

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measure

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-mimetic

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mimcking (mimic/copy), simulating

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-oid

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resembling

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-iatry

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medical specialty (psychiatry)

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-ile

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pertaining to

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-oma

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tumor, mass, fluid collection (carcinoma)

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-ory

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to (porous)

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-pathy,

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disease or emotion (sympathy)

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-plasty

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surgerical repair

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=ptosis

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falling, drooping, prolapse

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-rrhage, -rrragia

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bursting forth (e.g. hemorrhage blood)

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument for visual examination (telescope, microscope)

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-sis

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condition of (paralysis)

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-spasm

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sudden contraction of muscles

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling, placing

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-stenosis

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tightening, stricture

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-stomy

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new opening, to form a mouth

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-tropic

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acting on

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-y

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condition of

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-rrhea

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flow (diarrhea)