Chapter 1: Suffixes Flashcards

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-dynia

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Pain

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-Algia

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Pain

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-genic

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Produced by or in

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-gram

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Record

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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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-ia

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Condition

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-ion

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Process

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ium

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Structure or tissue

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-lapse

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To slide or to sag

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-lysis

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Breakdown

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-malacia

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Softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-mission

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To send

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor or mass

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-pathy

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Disease condition

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-penia

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Decrease

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-pexy

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To put in place

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-phagia

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To eat or to swallow

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-phoria

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To carry, or feeling

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhage

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Bursting forth

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-rrhagia

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Bursting forth

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-rrhea

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Discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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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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Visual examination

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-stomy

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New opening to the outside of the body

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-tomy

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Incision, or process of cutting

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-um

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Structure or tissue

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-us

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Structure or tissue

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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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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ine

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Pertaining to

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-tic

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Pertaining to