Chapter 5 Suffixes Flashcards

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-cele

A

a hernia or protrusion

the walls of the rectum weaken and bulge forward toward the vagina

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-algia

A

pain

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3
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-ary

A

pertaining to

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4
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-eal

A

pertaining to

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5
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-genic

A

pertaining to producing

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-ist

A

specialist

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7
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-itis

A

inflammation

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-logy

A

study of

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oma

A

mass, tumor

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-pathy

A

disease, emotion

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12
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-rrhea

A

flow

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13
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-scopy

A

process of visual examination

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14
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-stomy

A

opening

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15
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-therapy

A

treatment

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-tomy

A

incision