Chapter 1-Suffixes Flashcards by Lyndsey Lingenfelter | Brainscape

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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

A

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

A

Study of

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-algia
AL-jah

-dynia
DAI-nee-ah

A

Pain

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-cele

SEEL

A

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

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-emia

EE-mee-ah

A

Blood condition

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-iasis

AI-ah-sis

A

Presence of

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-itis

AI-tis

A

inflammation

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-lysis

lih-sis

A

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

A

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

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-rrhage
RIJ

-rrhagia
RAY-jee-ah

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excessive flow

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-rrhea

REE-ah

A

flow

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-rrhexis

REK-sis

A

rupture

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-spasm

SPAZ-um

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involuntary contraction

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-centesis

sin-TEE-sis

A

puncture

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-gram

A

written record

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-graph

graf

A

instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

grah-fee

A

process of recording

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-meter

mee-ter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

meh-tree

A

process of measuring

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-scope

skohp

A

instrument used to look

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-scopy

skoh-pee

A

process of looking

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-desis

DEE-sis

A

binding, fixation

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-ectomy

EK-toh-mee

A

removal

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-pexy

PEK-see

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

PLAS-tee

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reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

rah-fee

A

suture

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-stomy

stoh-mee

A

creation of an opening

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-tomy

toh-mee

A

incision