Chapter 10 - suffixes Flashcards

1
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-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

A

pertaining to

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2
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-algesia

A

pain; sensitivity

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3
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-algia

A

pain

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4
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-asthenia

A

weakness

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5
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-cele

A

hernia; swelling; protrusion

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6
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-emic

A

pertaining to blood condition

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7
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-esthesia

A

feeling; sensation

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8
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-ferent

A

to carry

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9
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-glia

A

glue

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10
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-graphy

A

process of recording

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11
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-ia

A

condition

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12
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-ion

A

process; state; condition

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13
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-ist

A

specialist

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14
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-itis

A

inflammation

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15
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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-leptic

A

to seize; take hold of

17
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-logy

A

study of

18
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-lysis

A

breakdown; separation; loosening

19
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-lytic

A

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

20
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-mania

A

obsessive preoccupation

21
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-orexia

A

appetite

22
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-osis

A

process; abnormal condition

23
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-paresis

A

weakness

24
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-pathy

A

disease

25
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-phasia

A

speech

26
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-phobia

A

fear

27
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-plegia

A

paralysis

28
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-rrhagic

A

pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

29
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-rrhaphy

A

suture

30
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-sclerosis

A

hardening; thickening

31
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-taxia

A

muscle coordination

32
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-tomy

A

process of cutting; incision

33
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-tropic

A

turning

34
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-um, -us

A

structure; tissue; thing