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Ch 1 Suffixes Flashcards

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-ac

A

pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-cyte

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cell

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genic

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pertaining to producing; produced by; produced in

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-globin

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protein

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-gram

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record

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-ic
-ical

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pertaining to

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-ion

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process

ex: excisION

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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process of study

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal (for blood cells, a slight increase in numbers is considered abnormal)

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-scope

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instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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-sis

A

state of; condition

ex: prognoSIS

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-tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

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-y

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process, condition

ex: gastroenterologY

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