Chapter 2: Suffixes Flashcards

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-clasis

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To break

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-desis

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Fixation of a bone or joint

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-lysis

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Separation/destruction

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-pexy

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Fixation of an organ

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-stomy

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Forming an opening

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

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-tomy

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Incision

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-trispy

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Crushing

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-gram

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Record

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-meter

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Instrument for measuring

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-metry

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Act of measuring

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-scope

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Instrument for examining

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-algia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia/swelling

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-ecstasis

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Expansion

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-edema

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Swelling

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-gen

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Forming

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-genesis

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Forming

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition produced by something specified

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-Lith

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Stone

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-malacia

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Softening

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-osis

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Abnormal condition increase

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-pathy

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Disease

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-Penia

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Decrease

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-phagia

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Eating

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-phasia

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Speech

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-phobia

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Fear

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-plasia

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Growth

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-plasm

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Growth

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-ptosis

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Downward displacement

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-rrhage

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Bursting forth

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-rrhagia

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Bursting forth

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-rrhea

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Discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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-stenosis

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Narrowing

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-toxic

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Poison

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-trophy

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Nourishment

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ous, -tic

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Pertaining to

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-esis, -ia, -ism

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Condition

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-iatry

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Medicine/ treatment

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-ician or -ist

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Specialist

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-y

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Condition/ process

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-icle, -ole, -ule

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Small

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-ectomy

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Excision

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-dynia

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Pain

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-Oma

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Tumor

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal condition of hardening