Ch 1 Suffixes Flashcards
1
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-logy
A
study of
2
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-icle
A
small, tiny
3
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-is
A
structure, thing
4
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-ole
A
small, tiny
5
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-ule
A
small, tiny
6
Q
-um
A
structure, thing, membrane
7
Q
-y
A
condition, process of
8
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
9
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-al
A
pertaining to
10
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
11
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-ary
A
pertaining to
12
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-eal
A
pertaining to
13
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-ic
A
pertaining to
14
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-ous
A
pertaining to
15
Q
-algia
A
pain
16
Q
-cele
A
herniation
17
Q
-dynia
A
pain
18
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
19
Q
-ia
A
condition
20
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
21
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-malacia
A
softening
22
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
23
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass
24
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-osis
A
abnormal condition
25
-pathy
disease process
26
-ptosis
prolapse, drooping
27
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
28
-rrhea
discharge, flow
29
-rrhexis
rupture
30
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
31
-spasm
spasm; sudden, involuntary contraction
32
-stenosis
abnormal condition of narrowing
33
-centesis
surgical puncture
34
-desis
binding
35
-ectomy
cutting out
36
-graphy
recording
37
-metry
measuring
38
-opsy
viewing
39
-pexy
suspension, fixation
40
-plasty
surgically forming
41
-rrhaphy
suturing
42
-scopy
viewing
43
-stomy
making a new opening
44
-tomy
cutting
45
-tripsy
crushing
46
-graph
instrument to record
47
-meter
instrument to measure
48
-scope
instrument to view
49
-tome
instrument to cut
50
-tripter
machine to crush
51
-trite
instrument to crush
