Chapter 7 Suffixes Flashcards

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-al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical

A

pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-cele

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hernia, swelling, protrusion

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-esthesia

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sensation, feeling

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-gram

A

record; image

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-graphy

A

process of recording an image

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-ia

A

condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

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specialist in the study and treatment of

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-logy

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study of

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-malacia

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softening

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-phasia

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speech

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-tomy

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incision, cutting into

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-us

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structure, thing