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Chapter 2: Pathological and Related Suffixes Flashcards

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-algia

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pain

ex: neur/agia - pain of a nerve

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-dynia

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pain

ex: ot/o/dynia - pain in the ear, earache

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-edema

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swelling

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood condition

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-gen

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forming, producing, origin

ex: carcin/o/gen -substance or agent that causes the development or increases the incidence of cancer

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-genesis

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forming, producing, origin

ex: carcin/o/genesis -transformation of normal cells into cancer cells

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-iasis

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abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-phoboa

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fear

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-plasia

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formation, growth

ex: dys/plasia -general term for abnormal formation of an anatomic structure

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-plasm

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formation, growth

ex: neo/plasm - abnormal formation of new tissue, such as a tumor or growth

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ptosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

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-rrhage

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bursting forth (of)
ex: hem/o/rrhage -loss of large amount of blood within a short period, either internally or externally
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-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of)
ex: men/o/rrhagia -profuse discharge of blood during menstruation
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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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abnormal condition of hardening

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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-toxic

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poison

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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