Chapter 3 suffixes Flashcards
1
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-cele
A
hernia
2
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-centesis
A
puncture to remove fluid
3
Q
-coccus
A
berry shaped bacterium
4
Q
-dynia
A
pain
5
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown
6
Q
-malacia
A
softening
7
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
8
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition
9
Q
-penia
A
deficiency
10
Q
-plasia
A
development, formation, growth
11
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
12
Q
-ptosis
A
drooping, falling, prolapse
13
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
14
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
15
Q
-stasis
A
controlling, stopping
16
Q
-stomy
A
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
17
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
18
Q
-tomy
A
incision
19
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-troph
A
development, nourishment
20
Q
-er
A
one who
21
Q
-ia
A
condition
22
Q
-oid
A
resembling, derived from
23
Q
-ole
A
small
24
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-ule
A
small
25
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
26
-us
structure, substance
27
-y
condition, process
