Chapter 1 Suffixes Flashcards

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-ac

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pertaining to ie cardiac

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-al

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pertaining to ie intestinal

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-ar

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pertaining to ie -ous

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-ary

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pertaining to ie urinary

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-ic

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pertaining to ie pelvic

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-ine

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pertaining to ie uterine

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-ive

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pertaining to ie digestive

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-ous

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pertaining to ie venous

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-ation

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a process ie urination

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-ion

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an action ie digestion

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-ia

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condition, state or thing ie pneumonia

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-ism

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disease from a cause ie hypothyroidism

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-itis

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infection of, inflammation of ie tonsilitis

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-megaly

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enlargement ie cardiomegaly

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-oma

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mass or tumor ie neuroma

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-osis

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condition; process of psychosis

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-pathy

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disease ie arthropathy

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-ectomy

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surgical removal ie appendectomy

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  • gram
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picture; record ie mammogram

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-graphy

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process of recording ie mammography

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-metry

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process of measuring ie spirometry

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-scope

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instrument used to examine ie colonoscope

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-scopy

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process of using an instrument ie gastroscopy

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-stomy

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surgically created opening ie colostony

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-therapy

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treatment ie psychotherapy

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-tomy

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process of cutting, making incision ie laparotomy

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–iatry

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medical treatment ie pyschiatry

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-ics

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knowledge; practice dietetics

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-ist

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person who specializes ie therapist

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-logy

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study of ie cardiology