Common Suffixes Flashcards

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-cele

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Hernia, protrusion

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-algia

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Pain

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-cise

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Cut

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-cyte

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Cell

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ectasis

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Dilation

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-gen

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That which produces

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-genesis

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Produces, generates

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-genic

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Producing

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-ia

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State, condition

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition

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-ism

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State of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logist

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One who studies

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis

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Destruction

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement, large

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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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-plasia

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Development, growth

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-plasm

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Formation, development

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-ptoais

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Drooping

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-rrhage

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Excessive, abnormal flow

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

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-stenosis

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Narrowing

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-trophy

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Nourishment, development