Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards by Tracy Tang

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angi/o

A

vessel

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blephar/o

A

eyelid

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isch/o

A

to hold back

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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hem/o

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blood

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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morph/o

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shape, form

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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nephr/o

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kidney

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path/o

A

disease

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phleb/o

A

vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pneumon/o

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lungs

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ren/o

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kidney

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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-cele

A

hernia

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus, -cocci

A

berry-shaped bacterium

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-dynia

A

pain

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-ectomy

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removal, excision

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-genesis

A

condition of producing, forming

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-gram

A

record

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-graph

A

instrument for recording

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-logy

A

study of

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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oma

A

tumor, mass

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-opsy

A

to view

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

A

disease, condition

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-ptosis

A

drooping, falling, prolaspe

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

A

process of visual examination

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

A

opening to form a mouth

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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-er

A

one who

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-ia

A

condition

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-ole

A

little, small

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-ule

A

little, small

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um, -ium

A

structure, tissue

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-us

A

structure, substance

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-y

A

condition, process

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-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic

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pertaining to

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-genic

A

pertaining to producing, produced by, or in

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-oid

A

resembling