Ch 1 Suffixes Flashcards

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1
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-logy

A

study of

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-icle

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small, tiny

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-is

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structure, thing

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4
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-ole

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small, tiny

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5
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-ule

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small, tiny

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6
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-um

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structure, thing, membrane

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7
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-y

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condition, process of

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8
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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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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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-eal

A

pertaining to

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13
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-ic

A

pertaining to

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14
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-ous

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pertaining to

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15
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-algia

A

pain

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-cele

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herniation

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17
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-dynia

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pain

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-emia

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blood condition

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19
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-ia

A

condition

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20
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-itis

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inflammation

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21
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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

A

tumor, mass

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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

disease process

26
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-ptosis

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prolapse, drooping

27
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-rrhage, -rrhagia

A

bursting forth

28
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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

29
Q

-rrhexis

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rupture

30
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-sclerosis

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abnormal condition of hardening

31
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-spasm

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spasm; sudden, involuntary contraction

32
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-stenosis

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abnormal condition of narrowing

33
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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

34
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-desis

A

binding

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-ectomy

A

cutting out

36
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-graphy

A

recording

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-metry

A

measuring

38
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-opsy

A

viewing

39
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-pexy

A

suspension, fixation

40
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-plasty

A

surgically forming

41
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-rrhaphy

A

suturing

42
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-scopy

A

viewing

43
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-stomy

A

making a new opening

44
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-tomy

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cutting

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-graph

A

instrument to record

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-meter

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instrument to measure

48
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-scope

A

instrument to view

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-tome

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instrument to cut

50
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-tripter

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machine to crush

51
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-trite

A

instrument to crush