Chapter 3 - SUFFIXES Flashcards by Jordan Anderson

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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amni/o

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amnion

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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chem/o

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chemical, drugs

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon, large intestine

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death of cells or whole body

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neutr/o

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neutrophil

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ot/o

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ear

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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pheleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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plevr/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o

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lungs

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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rect/o

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rectum

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splen/o

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spleen

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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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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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ven/o

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vein

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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puncture to remove fluid (surgical)

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-coccus, -cocci

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berry-shaped bacterium

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-dynia

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pain

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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drooping, falling, prolapse

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-rrea

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flow, discharge

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

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opening to form a mouth

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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-er

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one who

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-ia

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condition

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-ole

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little, small

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-ule

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little, small

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-um, ium

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structure, tissue

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-us

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structure, substance

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-ac, -iac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ic, -ical

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-genic

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producing, produced by or in, pertaining to

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-oid

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resembling

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-ose

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full of, pertaining to