Chapter 7-suffixes Flashcards

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-al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic

A

pertaining to

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-ation

A

process; condition

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-blast

A

developing cell

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-capnia

A

carbon dioxide

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-cide

A

to kill

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-crit

A

to separate

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-cyte

A

cell

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-e

A

noun suffix with no meaning

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-ectomy

A

surgical removal; excision

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-emic

A

pertaining to blood condition

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-fuge

A

to separate by spinning

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13
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-fusion

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to pour; to come together

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14
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-gen

A

substance that produces

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15
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-globulin

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protein

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-ia

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condition

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-in, -ine

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chemical; chemical compound; substance

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-logist

A

specialist

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-logy

A

study of

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-lysis

A

breakdown; separation; loosening

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-lytic

A

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oma

A

tumor; mass

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-osis

A

process; abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-phage

A

eat; swallo

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-pheresis

A

removal

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-phil, -philia

A

love; attraction for

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-phoresis

A

transmission, carrying

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-plasm

A

formation; structure

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-plastic

A

pertaining to formation

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-poisesis

A

formation

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-rrhage

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rupture; bursting forth (of blood)

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-sis

A

state; condition

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-stasis

A

stoppage of flow

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-suppression

A

to stop

39
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-therapy

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treatment

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-tomy

A

process of cutting; incision