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Chapter 2 - Suffixes Flashcards

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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Thorac

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Chest

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Dia-

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Through, across

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-cele

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Hernia, swelling

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Cyan

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Blue

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction, twitching

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Thromb/o

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Blood clot

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Log

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Study of

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-algia

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Pain

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Ventr

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Belly, belly side

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-penia

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Decrease, deficiency

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-esis

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Condition

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Leuk-

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White

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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Pneumon

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Air; Lung

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal condition of hardening

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Surgical suffixes

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Describe a type of invasive procedure performed on a body part.

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-phobia

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Fear

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-ole

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Small, minute

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Append

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Appendix

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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-edema

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Swelling

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-malacia

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Softening

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Mast/o

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Breast

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ist

A

Medicine; treatment

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Lith/o

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Stone, calculus

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Oste/o

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Bone

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-tomy

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Incision

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-ule

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Small, minute

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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-ptosis

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Prolapse, downward displacement

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-iatry

A

Medicine; treatment

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Poster

A

Back (of body), behind, posterior

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An-

A

Without, not

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-ism

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Condition

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Gastr

A

Stomach

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-ia

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Condition

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-al

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Pertaining to

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Neur

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Nerve

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50
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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-gram

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Record, writing

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Diagnostic suffixes

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Describe a procedure performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness.

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Acous

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Hearing

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-stomy

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Forming an opening (mouth)

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-lysis

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Separation; distraction; loosening

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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-scope

A

Instrument for examining

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Thyroid

A

Thyroid gland

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Chondr/o

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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Pathological suffixes

A

Describe an abnormal condition or disease.

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-clasis

A

To break; surgical fracture

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Quadri

64
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-stenosis

A

Narrowing, stricture

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-desis

A

Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

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-pexy

A

Fixation (of an organ)

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-graphy

A

Process of recording

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-icle

A

Small, minute

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-osis

A

Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

71
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4 types of suffixes?

A

Surgical, diagnostic, pathological, adjective noun / diminutive, and singular or plural.

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Mening/o

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Ven

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-logy

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Carcin/o

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-centesis

A

Surgical puncture

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-tripsy

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-y

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Condition; process

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Path

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hemat/o

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Pulmon

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Arteri/o

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Esophag

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-toxic

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-plegia

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-gen

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Forming, producing, origin

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Cutane

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-emesis

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Ot/o

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-ary

A

Pertaining to

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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-rrhapy

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-ectasis

A

Dilation, expansion

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Blephar/o

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-tome

A

Instrument to cut

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-dynia

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My/o

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Trache/o

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Trachea (Windpipe)

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-genesis

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Forming, producing, origin

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Psych/o

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Arthr/o

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Endo-

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In, within

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-algesia

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-iasis

A

Abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-ical

A

Pertaining to

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-ician

A

Specialist

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-ile

A

Pertaining to

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-isy

A

State of; Condition

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-lith

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Stone, calculus

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-logist

A

Specialist in study of

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-oid

A

Resembling

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-osis

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Abnormal condition;

increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-phagia

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Swallowing, eating

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-phonia

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Voice, sound

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-plasia

A

Formation, growth

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-plasm

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Formation, growth

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-rrrhage

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Bursting forth (of)

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-rrhagia

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Bursting forth (of)

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-rrhaphy

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-trophy

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Development, nourishment

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-ptysis

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-poiesis

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-spasm

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Ten/o

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Ten/o

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Tympan/o

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Tympanic membrane

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Enter

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Separation of intestinal (adhesions)

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-phasia

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-meter

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Instrument used to measure

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-metry

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Process of measuring

ALHS 1090 (23 decks)

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