Chapter 2: Common Suffixes Flashcards by Cassandra Gomez

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pain

A

-algia, -dynia

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hernia, swelling

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-cele

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cell

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-cyte

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expansion or dilation

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-estasis, -ectasia

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excessive accumulation of fluid in cells and tissues

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-edema

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vomiting

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-emesis

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blood

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-emia

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condition or state

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-iasis

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condition of or a process

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-ism

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inflammation

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-itis

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stone, calculus

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-lith

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disintegration, destruction

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-lysis

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softening

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-malacia

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enlargement

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-megaly

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resembling or like

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-oid

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tumor

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-oma

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abnormal condition

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-osis

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disease

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-pathy

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reduction of size or quantity

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-penia

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fear

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-phobia

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abnormal formation

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-plasia

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paralysis

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-plegia

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breathing

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-pnea

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producing

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-poiesis

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porous condition

A

-porosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

A

-ptosis

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flowing forth

A

-rrhage

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discharge, flow

A

-rrhea

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rupture

A

-rrhexis

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hardness

A

-sclerosis

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muscle contraction

A

-spasm

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level; unchanging

A

-stasis

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narrowing

A

stenosis

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surgical puncture

A

-centesis

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surgical binding

A

-desis

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surgical removal

A

-ectomy

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origin, producing

A

-gen, -genic, -genesis

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to record, usually with instrument

A

-gram

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instrument for recording

A

-graph

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act of graphic or pictorial recording

A

-graphy

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instrument for measuring

A

-meter

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act of measuring

A

-metery

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examination

A

-opsy

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surgical fixation

A

-pexy

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surgical repair

A

-plasty

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suture

A

-rrhaphy

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instrument for viewing

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-scope

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act of viewing

A

-scopy

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artificial or surgical opening

A

-stomy

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instrument to cut

A

-tome

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incision

A

-tomy

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crushing

A

-tripsy

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specialist

A

-ian

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medical specialty

A

-ics, -ist, -iatry