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Ch 3 Suffixes and Terminology Flashcards

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-algia

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pain

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectomy

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exciosion, removal

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-tomy

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incision, cuttining into

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-stomy

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creating a new incision

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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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-gram

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record

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, seperation

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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

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tumor, mass or collection of fluid

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-opsy

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to view (usually a microscope)

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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22
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(acro)

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extremity (acrophobia fear of heights)

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(hydro)

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water

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(agora)

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market place (agoraphbia fear of crowds)

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(tris/kai/deka/phobia)

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fear of number 13 (trisk-3/kai-and/deca-ten/phobia-fear)

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-ptosis

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drooping, sagging, porlapse (pronounce p only when by itself, can be a lone word)

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

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process of visual exam

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-stasis

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stopping, or controling

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-therapy

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treatment

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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hyperplasia

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increase in number of cells

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hypertrophy

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increase in size, not number

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-er

A

one who

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-ia

A

condition

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-ist

A

specialist

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-ole

A

little, small

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-ule

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little, small

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-um, ium

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structure, tissue, thing

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-us

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structure. substance

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-y

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condition, process

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-ac, ic

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ar, ary

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pertaining to

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by or in

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ic, ical

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pertaining to

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-oid

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resembling

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-ose

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-pertaining to, full of

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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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-coccus (-cocci)

A

berry-shapped bacterium/ia

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-cyte

A

cell

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*atrium

A

the upper chambers of the heart

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*ventricles

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lower chambers of heart

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*endocardium

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thin tissue that lines each chamber and valve

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*myocardium

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cardiac muscle surrounding each chamber

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*pericardium

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the double-folded layer of connective tissue that surrounds the heart

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*thrombocyte

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platelets, tiny fragments of cells in bone marrow used for blood clotting

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-cele

A

hernia

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-genesis

A

condition of producing, forming

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