A&P Suffixes Flashcards by Deandra Hussey

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-al, -ac

A

pertaining to

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-algia

A

pain

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-aps, -apt

A

fit; fasten

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-arche

A

beginning; origin

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-ase

A

signifies enzyme

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-blast

A

bud or germ

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-centesis

A

a piercing

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-cide

A

to kill

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-clast

A

break; destroy

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-crine

A

release; secrete

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-ectomy

A

a cutting out

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-emesis

A

vomiting

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-emia

A

refer to blood conditon

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-flux

A

flow

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-gen

A

agent that initiates

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-genesis

A

creation

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-gram

A

something written

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-graphy

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to write; draw

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-hydrate

A

containing water

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-ia, -sia

A

condition; process

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-iasis

A

abnormal conditon

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-ic, -ac

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pertaining to

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-in

A

signifies a protein

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-ism

A

condition of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lemma

A

rind; peel

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-lith

A

stone; rock

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-logy

A

study of

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-lunar

A

moon; moonlike

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-lysis

A

breaking down

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-malacia

A

softening

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-mania

A

compulsion

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-megaly

A

enlargment

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-metric, metry

A

measurement; length

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-oid

A

like; in the shape of

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-oma

A

tumor

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-opia

A

vision; vision condition

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-oscopy

A

viewing

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-ose

A

signifies carbohydrate

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-osis

A

contition; process

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-ostomy

A

form an opening

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-otomy

A

cut

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-penia

A

lack

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-philic

A

loving

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-phobic

A

fearing

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-phragm

A

partition

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-plasia

A

growth; formation

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-plasm

A

form; shape

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-plasty

A

shape; make

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-pnea

A

breathing; breath

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-rhage, -rrhage

A

excessive discharge

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-rhaphy, -rrhaphy

A

sew; suture

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-rhea, -rrhea

A

flow

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-some

A

body

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-tensin, -tension

A

pressure

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-tonic

A

pressure; tension

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-tomy

A

to cut

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-tripsy

A

crushing

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-ule

A

small; little

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-uria

A

urine