COMMON SUFFIXES Flashcards

1
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic
-ad
-agon
-algesia
-algia, -dynia
-an
-ar
-arche
-ase
-asthenia
-ation
-atresia

A

pertaining to
toward
assemble, gather together
excessive sensitivity to pain
pain
characteristic of
relating to
beginning
enzyme
lack of strength
process
abnormal closure

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2
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blast

A

immature cell

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3
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-capnia
-cele
-centesis
-cidal
-cide
-Clast
-COCCUS
-crine
-cyte
-cytosis

A

carbon dioxide
swelling
surgical puncture
pertaining to death
kill
break
spherical
secrete
cell
abnormal condition of cells

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