Chapter 1 - Suffixes Flashcards by Nichole Leblanc

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ac
al
ar
ary
eal
ic
tic
ous

A

pertaining to

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ia

- ism

A

condition

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-ium

A

tissue, structure

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-y

A

condition, procedure

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icle
ole
ule
ula

A

small

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iatrics

- iatry

A

medical science

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-iatrist

A

specialist in medicine of

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-ist

A

specialist

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-ologist

A

specialist in the study of

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-ology

A

study of

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algia

- dynia

A

pain

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-cele

A

hernia

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

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-iasis

A

presence of

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-lysis

A

loosen, break down

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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

A

tumor

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-osis

A

condition

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-ptosis

A

drooping

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rrage

- rrhagia

A

excessive flow

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-rrhea

A

flow

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

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-centesis

A

punture

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-gram

A

written record

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-graph

A

instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

A

writing procedure

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-meter

A

instrument used to measure

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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-scope

A

instrument used to look

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-scopy

A

process of looking

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-desis

A

binding, fixation

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-ectomy

A

removal

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasty

A

reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-stomy

A

creation of an opening

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-tomy

A

incision