Chapter 4 Skeletal Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards

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-blast

A

immature

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-clasia

A

to break surgically

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-desis

A

to fuse

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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-logic

A

pertaining to the study of

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-porosis

A

porous

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dis-

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apart

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non-

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not

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-ac

A

pertaining to

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-al

A

pertaining to

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-algia

A

pain

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-ar

A

pertaining to

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-ary

A

pertaining to

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-centesis

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puncture to withdraw fluid

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-ectomy

A

surgical removal

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-genic

A

producing

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-gram

A

record

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-graph

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record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-iatry

A

medical treatment

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-ic

A

pertaining to

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-logy

A

study of

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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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-oma

A

tumor

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-ory

A

pertaining to

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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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-otomy

A

cutting into

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-ous

A

pertaining to

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-pathy

A

disease

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-scope

A

instrument for viewing

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-scopic

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pertaining to visually examining

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-scopy

A

process of visually examining

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-stenosis

A

narrowing

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-tic

A

pertaining to

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-tome

A

instrument used to cut

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anti-

A

against

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bi-

A

two

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dis-

A

apart

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ex-

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outward

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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non-

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not

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per-

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through

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pre-

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before

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sub-

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below, under