Chapter 10 Suffixes Flashcards

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-ac, -al, -ary, -ous, -tic

A

pertaining to

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-ation

A

process; condition; state of being or having

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-gram

A

record; image

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-ia

A

condition

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-ion

A

process

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

A

specialist in the study and treatment of

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-logy

A

study of

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-megaly

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large, enlargement

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficiency; abnormal reaction

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-pnea

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breathing

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-rrhage

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bursting forth

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-scerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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stop, stand still

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-tomy

A

incision, cut into

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-trophy

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development