Chapter 2- Diagnosis And Symptom Suffixes Flashcards

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algia-

A

Pain

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2
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-cele

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Hernia, swelling, tumor, protrusion

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3
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-dynia

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Pain

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4
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-ectasis

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Dilation

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5
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-emia

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Blood

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6
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-gen

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Producing, beginning

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7
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-gram

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Record

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-graph

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Instrument

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-iasis

A

Condition or disease

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11
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-itis

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Inflammation

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12
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-logy

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Study of/ science of

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13
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-malacia

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Softening

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14
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-megaly

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Enlargement

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15
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-meter

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Instrument for measuring

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16
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-oid

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Resemble

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-oma

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Tumor or swelling

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

Disease

20
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-penia

A

Disease, deficiency

21
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-phagia

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Eating, swallowing

22
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-phasia

A

Speech

23
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-plegia

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Paralysis

24
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-phobia

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Fear

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-ptosis

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Prolapse, falling, dropping

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-rrhage

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Burst forth, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

30
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-scopy

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Examination, view

31
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-spasm

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Involuntary, contraction, twitching of a muscle

32
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-desis

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Bind, fixate