Chapter 3 (Suffixes) Flashcards by Future RN 2015

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-algia

A

condition of pain, pain

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-ia

A

condition

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oma

A

tumor, mass

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-osis

A

condition, abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

disease condition

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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-rrhage
or
-rrhagia

A

excessive discharge of blood

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-uria

A

condition of urine

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-al
or
-eal

A

pertaining to

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-ar

A

pertaining to

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-ary

A

pertaining to

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-ic

A

pertaining to

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-ectomy

A

removal, resection, excision

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-gram

A

record

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-lysis

A

separation, breakdown, destruction

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-plasty

A

surgical repair, or surgical correction

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-scopy

A

process of visual examination

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-stomy

A

opening (permanent or semi-permanent)

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-tomy

A

incision, cutting into

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-ation

A

process, condition

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-cision

A

process of cutting

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-crine

A

secretion

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-dipsia

A

thurst

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-gen

A

to produce

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-ine

A

pertaining to

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-lapse

A

to fall, slide

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-meter

A

to measure

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-mission

A

to send

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-mortem

A

death

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-ous

A

pertaining to

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-partum

A

birth

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-phagia

A

eating

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-phasia

A

speech

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-plasia

A

formation (condition)

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-plasm

A

formation (tissue)

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-section

A

to cut

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-stasis

A

to stand, place, stop, control

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-tension

A

pressure

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-thesis

A

to put, place (state of putting or placing)

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-tic

A

pertaining to

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-y

A

process, condition