Chapter 1-Suffixes Flashcards by Lyndsey Lingenfelter

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-ac(ak), -al, -ar, -ary(ar-ee), -eal(ee-al), -ic(ik), -tic(tik), -ous(us)

A

Pertaining to

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-ia
Ee-ah

-ism
iz-um

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Condition

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-ium

Ee-um

A

Tissue, structure

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-y

Ee

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Condition, procedure

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-icle
ik-el

-ole
Ohl

-ule
Yool

-ula
Yoo-lah

A

Small

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-iatrics
ee-AH-triks

-iatry
EE-ah-tree

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Medical science

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-iatrist

EE-ah-trist

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Specialist in medicine of

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-ist

A

Specialist

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-logist

loh-jist

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Specialist in the study of

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-logy

Loh-jee

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Study of

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-algia
AL-jah

-dynia
DAI-nee-ah

A

Pain

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-cele

SEEL

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Hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)

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-emia

EE-mee-ah

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Blood condition

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-iasis

AI-ah-sis

A

Presence of

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-itis

AI-tis

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inflammation

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-lysis

lih-sis

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loosen, break down

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-malacia

mah-LAY-shah

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

MEH-gah-lee

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enlargement

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-oid

OYD

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resembeling

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-oma

OH-mah

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tumor

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-osis

OH-sis

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condition

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-pathy

pah-thee

A

disease

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-penia

PEE-nee-ah

A

deficiency

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-ptosis

puh-TOS-sis

A

drooping

-rrhage RIJ -rrhagia RAY-jee-ah

excessive flow

-rrhea | REE-ah

flow

-rrhexis | REK-sis

rupture

-spasm | SPAZ-um

involuntary contraction

-centesis | sin-TEE-sis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph | graf

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy | grah-fee

process of recording

-meter | mee-ter

instrument used to measure

-metry | meh-tree

process of measuring

-scope | skohp

instrument used to look

-scopy | skoh-pee

process of looking

-desis | DEE-sis

binding, fixation

-ectomy | EK-toh-mee

removal

-pexy | PEK-see

surgical fixation

-plasty | PLAS-tee

reconstruction

-rrhaphy | rah-fee

suture

-stomy | stoh-mee

creation of an opening

-tomy | toh-mee

incision