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Appendix 6: Suffixes Flashcards

1
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-ac, -ar, -ary

A

pertaining to

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-agogue

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promoter, stimulator

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algesia, -algia

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pain

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-ase

A

enzyme

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-blast

A

immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell

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-capnia

A

carbon dioxide (level of)

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-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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-centesis

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puncture, tap

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-clasis, -clasia

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breaking

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-cyte

A

cell

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-desis

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binding, fusion

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-dilation, -dilatation

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expansion, widening

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-ectasia, -ectasis

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dilation, dilatation, distention

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-ectomy

A

excision, surgical removal

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-edema

A

accumulation of fluid, swelling

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-emia

A

condition of blood

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-esthesia, -esthesi/o

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sensation

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-form

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like, resembling

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-gen, -genesis

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origin, formation

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21
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-geusia

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sense of taste

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22
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-gram

A

record of data

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-graph

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instrument for recording data

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-graphy

A

act of recording data

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25
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-hemi

A

half, one side

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-hemia

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condition of blood

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-ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -sis

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condition of

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-ian, -ist

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specialist

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-iatrics, -iatry, -ics

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medical specialty

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30
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-ic, -ical, -ile, -ory, -ous

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pertaining to

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31
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-itis

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inflammation

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32
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-lalia

A

speech, babble

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33
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-lepsy

A

seizure

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34
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-lexia

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reading

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35
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-listhesis

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slipping

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

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-lytic

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dissolving, reducing, loosening

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-malacia

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-mania

A

excited state, obsession

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-megaly

A

enlargement

42
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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

43
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-metry

A

measurement of

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-mimetic

A

mimicking, simulating

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-necrosis

A

death of tissue

46
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-odynia

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-oid

A

like, resembling

48
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-oma

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-opia

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condition of the eye, vision

50
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-opsia

A

condition of vision

51
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-ose

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-osmia

A

sense of smell

53
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-oxia

A

oxygen (level of)

54
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-paresis

A

partial paralysis, weakness

55
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-pathy

A

disease, any disease of

56
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-penia

A

decrease in, deficiency of

57
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-phasia

59
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-philic

A

attracting, absorbing

60
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-phobia

61
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-phonia

62
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-plasia

A

formation, molding, development

63
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-plasty

A

plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

64
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-plegia

65
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-pnea

66
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-poiesis

A

formation, production

67
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-ptosis

A

dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

68
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-rhage, -rhagia

A

bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

69
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-rhaphy

A

surgical repair, suture

70
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-rhea

A

flow, discharge

71
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-rhexis

72
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-schisis

A

fissure, splitting

73
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-sclerosis

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-scope

A

instrument for viewing or examining

75
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-scopy

A

examination of

76
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-some

A

body, small body

77
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-spasm

A

sudden contraction, cramp

78
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-stasis

A

suppression, stoppage

79
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-spermia

A

condition of semen

80
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-stenosis

A

narrowing, constriction

81
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-stomy

A

surgical creation of an opening

82
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-tome

A

instrument for incising (cutting)

83
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-tomy

A

incision, cutting

84
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-toxin

85
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-tripsy

86
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-tropic

A

act(ing) on, affect(ing)

87
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-trophy, -trophia

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feeding, growth, nourishment

88
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-uresis

89
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-uria

A

condition of urine, urination

90
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-y

A

condition of

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