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Ch. 3 Suffixes Flashcards

1
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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cell

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Thrombocyte

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Clotting cell

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Leukocyte

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White blood cell

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-tic
-out
-ose
-oil
-ic
-iCal
-eal
-ary
-ar
-ac
-iac

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Pertaining to

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-genic

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Pertaining to producing/produced by or in

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-oid

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Resembling

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-y

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Condition/process

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-us

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Structure/substance

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-um
-ium

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Structure, tissue

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-ule

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Little, small

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-trophy

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Development/nourishment

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-tomy

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Incision/cutting into

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-stomy

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Opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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-stasis

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Controlling/stopping

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-scopy

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Process of visual examination

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-scope

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Instrument for visual examination

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18
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-sclerosis

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Hardening

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Rrhea

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Flow/discharge

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20
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-ptosis

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Drooping/falling/sagging

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21
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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-plasia

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Development/formation/growth

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-phobia

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Fear

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-pathy

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Disease condition

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-osis

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Condition/usually abnormal

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-opsy

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To view

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-oma

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Tumor/mass, collection of

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29
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-ole

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Little, small

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30
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-megaly

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Enlargement

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31
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-malacia

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Softening

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32
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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction of, loosening

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33
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-logy

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Study of

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34
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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ist

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Specialist

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-ia

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Condition

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-gram

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-genesis

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Condition of producing, forming

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-er

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal, resection

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-dynia

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-cyte

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-coccus
-cocci

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Berry-shaped bacterium

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-cele

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-Algia

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Ven/o

51
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Strept/o

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Twisted chains

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Staphyl/o

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Splen/o

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Sarc/o

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Ren/o

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Radi/o

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Pulmon/o

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Pleur/o

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Plas/o

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Formation, development

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Phleb/o

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Phag/o

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To eat, swallow

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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum

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Path/o

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Ot/o

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Oste/o

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Ophthalm/o

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Nucle/o

68
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Neutr/o

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Neutrophil ( a white blood cell)

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Neur/o

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Nephr/o

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Necr/o

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Death (of cells or whole body)

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord, bone marrow

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My/o

74
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Lapar/o

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Abdomen, abdominal wall

75
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isch/o

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To hold back

76
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encephal/o

77
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Chron/o

78
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Chondr/o

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Blephar/o

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Axill/o

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Angi/o

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Arteri/o

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Arthr/o

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Adip/o

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Amni/o

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Amnion (sac surrounding embryo in uterus)

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Aden/o

87
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Acu/o

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Sharp, severe, sudden

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Acr/o

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Extremities, top, extreme point

89
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Ischemia

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Hold back blood from cells

90
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Myelitis

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Inflammation of spinal cord

91
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Hernia

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Protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it

92
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Hiatal hernia

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Stomach protrudes upward into mediastinum through esophageal opening in diaphragm

93
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Inguinal hernia

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Intestine protrudes downward into ground region and commonly into scrotal sac in male

94
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Cystocele

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Urinary bladder herniates through vaginal wall result of weakness of pelvic muscles

95
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Rectocele

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Profusion of portion of rectum toward vagina

96
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Omphalocele

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Herniation of intestines through weakness in abdominal wall around navel occurring in infants at birth

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