Chapter 3 (Suffixes) Flashcards

1
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-algia

A

condition of pain, pain

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2
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-emia

A

blood condition

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3
Q

-ia

A

condition

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4
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

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5
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

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6
Q

-oma

A

tumor, mass

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7
Q

-osis

A

condition, abnormal condition

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8
Q

-pathy

A

disease condition

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9
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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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10
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-rrhage
or
-rrhagia

A

excessive discharge of blood

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11
Q

-sclerosis

A

hardening

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12
Q

-uria

A

condition of urine

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13
Q

-al
or
-eal

A

pertaining to

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14
Q

-ar

A

pertaining to

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15
Q

-ary

A

pertaining to

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16
Q

-ic

A

pertaining to

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17
Q

-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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18
Q

-ectomy

A

removal, resection, excision

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19
Q

-gram

A

record

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20
Q

-graphy

A

process of recording

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21
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-lysis

A

separation, breakdown, destruction

22
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair, or surgical correction

23
Q

-scopy

A

process of visual examination

24
Q

-stomy

A

opening (permanent or semi-permanent)

25
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

26
Q

-tomy

A

incision, cutting into

27
Q

-ation

A

process, condition

28
Q

-cision

A

process of cutting

29
Q

-crine

A

secretion

30
Q

-dipsia

A

thurst

31
Q

-gen

A

to produce

32
Q

-ine

A

pertaining to

33
Q

-lapse

A

to fall, slide

34
Q

-meter

A

to measure

35
Q

-mission

A

to send

36
Q

-mortem

A

death

37
Q

-ous

A

pertaining to

38
Q

-partum

A

birth

39
Q

-phagia

A

eating

40
Q

-phasia

A

speech

41
Q

-plasia

A

formation (condition)

42
Q

-plasm

A

formation (tissue)

43
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

44
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-pnea

A

breathing

45
Q

-section

A

to cut

46
Q

-stasis

A

to stand, place, stop, control

47
Q

-tension

A

pressure

48
Q

-thesis

A

to put, place (state of putting or placing)

49
Q

-tic

A

pertaining to

50
Q

-y

A

process, condition