Common Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

-ALGIA

A

PAIN

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2
Q

-CENTESIS

A

SURGICAL PUNCTURE INTO

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3
Q

-CYTE

A

CELL

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4
Q

-ECTOMY

A

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF

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5
Q

-EMESIS

A

TO VOMIT

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6
Q

-EMIA

A

BLOOD

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7
Q

-GRAM

A

A RECORD OF

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8
Q

-GRAPH

A

TO RECORD WITH AN INSTRUMENT

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9
Q

-GRAPHY

A

THE ACT OF RECORDING USING AN INSTRUMENT

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10
Q

-IA

A

CONDITION

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11
Q

-IST

A

SPECIALIST

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12
Q

-ITIS

A

INFLAMMATON

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13
Q

-LOGY

A

THE STUDY OF

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14
Q

-LYSIS

A

TO BREAK DOWN

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15
Q

-MALACIA

A

ABNORMAL SOFTENING

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16
Q

-MEGALY

A

ENLARGEMENT OF

17
Q

-OMA

A

TUMOR

MASS

18
Q

-OPSY

A

TO VIEW OR SEE

19
Q

-OSIS

A

CONDITION

20
Q

-PATHY

A

DISEASE

21
Q

-PENIA

A

LACK OF OR DEFICIENCY

22
Q

-PEXY

A

TO SUTURE TO

23
Q

-PHAG

A

TO EAT

24
Q

-PLASIA

A

TO GROW OR CHANGE

25
Q

-PLASTY

A

TO SURGICALLY REPAIR

26
Q

-PNEA

A

BREATHING

27
Q

-RRHAGE-

A

TO BURST

28
Q

-RRHEA-

A

TO FLOW

29
Q

-SCLEROSIS

A

ABNORMAL HARDENING

30
Q

-SCOPE

A

INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW

31
Q

-SCOPY

A

THE ACT OF USING AN INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING

32
Q

-STOMY

A

TO CREATE A NEW SURGICAL OPENING

33
Q

-THERAPY

A

TREATMENT

34
Q

-TOMY

A

TO CUT INTO SURGICALLY

TO MAKE AN INCISION