Chapter 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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-ar

A

Pertaining to

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-ary

A

Pertaining to

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-ia

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Condition; state; thing

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6
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-iatry

A

Medical treatment

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-ic

A

Pertaining to

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-ics

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Knowledge; practice

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9
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-ine

A

Pertaining to

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-ion

A

Action; condition

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-ism

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Disease from a specific cause; process

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-ist

A

Person who specializes in; thing that specializes in

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13
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-itis

A

Infection of; inflammation of

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-ive

A

Pertaining to

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-ation

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Being; having; process

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-gram

A

Picture; record

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-logy

A

Study of

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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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-oma

A

Mass; tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition; process

23
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-ous

A

Pertaining to

24
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-pathy

A

Disease

25
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-scope

A

Instrument used to examine

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-scopy

A

Process of using an instrument to examine

27
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-tomy

A

Process of making an incision