Common Suffixes Flashcards by Mike O | Brainscape

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Fear of

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-phobia

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Blood Condition

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-emia

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Drooping, prolapse, sagging, falling down

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-ptosis

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Growth or development

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-trophy

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Hardening

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sclerosis

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Disease, emotion

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-pathy

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Process of recording

A

-graphy

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Paralysis, stroke, palsy

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-plegia

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To burst forth, bursting forth

A

-rrhage

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To form

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-genesis, -genic

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Flow or discharge

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-rrhea

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Cutting out

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-ectomy

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Protrusion, hernia, tumor, swelling

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-cele

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New opening

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-stomy

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involuntary movement

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-spasm

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To use

A

ate,- ize

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Surgical fixation

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-pexy, -pexis

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The study of a specific field

A

-ology

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Process of measuring

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-metry

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To suture or fixate

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-rrhaphy

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Enlargement

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-megaly

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Process of visual examination

A

-scopy

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To write, record, instrument for recording

A

-graph

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Pertaining to

A

-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic, -is, -ar, -ary, -ior, -eal

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Instrument used to measure

A

-meter

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Pain

A

-algia, -dynia

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Abnormal cell condition (too many)

A

-cytosis

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Formation

A

-plasia

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To view

A

-opsy

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Specialist

A

-ologist

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Shape

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-form

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Skin

A

-derma

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Tumor, mass, fluid collection

A

-oma

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Breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening, dissolution

A

-lysis

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Cutting into

A

-otomy

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Instrument used to examine

A

-scope

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Weight, mark, record

A

-gram

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Condition of

A

-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y

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Reconstruction or shaping

A

-plasty

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Breathing

A

-pnea

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To swallow or to eat

A

-phagia

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To vomit

A

-emesis

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Softening

A

-malacia

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Artificial or surgical opening

A

-ostomy, -stomy, -tomy

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Inflammation

A

-itis

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Binding

A

-desis

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cell

A

cyte

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Lack of or deficiency

A

-penia

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Protein

A

-globin

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Surgical puncture

A

-centesis