Ch 1 Suffixes And Plurals Flashcards

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-cele

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Hernia, protrusion

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-algia

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Pain

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-cyte

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Cell

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-ectasis

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Dilation

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-gen

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That which produces

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-ia

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State, condition

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition

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-iatry

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Medical treatment

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-ism

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State of (eg. Hypothyroidisim)

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-itis

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Inflammation

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  • logist

- logy

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One who studies

Study of

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-lysis

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Destruction

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement, large

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor, mass, swelling

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-pathy

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Disease

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-phobia

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Fear

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-plasia

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Development, growth

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-plasm

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Formation, development

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhage

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Excessive, abnormal flow

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

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-stenosis

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Narrowing

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-ule

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Small

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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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-an

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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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-atic

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Pertaining to

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-iac

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Pertaining to

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ile

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Pertaining to

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-ine

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Pertaining to

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-nic

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Pertaining to

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-ory

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Pertaining to

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-ose

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Pertaining to

Resembling

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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-centesis

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Puncture to withdraw fluid

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-ostomy

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Surgically create an opening

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-otomy

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Cutting into

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-gram

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Record or picture

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-meter

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Instrument for measuring

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-scope

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Instrument for viewing

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Plural of -a

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-ae

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Plural of

  • ax
  • ex
  • ix
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  • aces
  • eces
  • ices
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Plural of -nx

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-nges

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Plural of -is

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-ses

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Plural of -ma

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-mata

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Plural of

-on

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-a

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Plural of -us

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-i

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Plural of -y

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-ies

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-partum

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Child birth

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-tropia

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Turned condition

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-cyesis

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State of pregnancy

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-gravida

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Pregnancy

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-ceps

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Pertaining to heads

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-dynia

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Pain

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-lyric

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Destruction

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-um

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-a

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-rrhagia

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Abnormal flow condition

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-trophy

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Nourishment, development

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-genic

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Producing, produced by

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-genesis

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Produces, generates

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-metry

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Process of measuring

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-scopy

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Process of visually examining