Common Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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2
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-ectomy

A

surgical removal of blood

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3
Q

-emia

A

blood

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4
Q

-gram

A

a record of

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5
Q

-graph

A

to record with an instrument

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6
Q

-graphy

A

the act of recording using an instrument

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7
Q

-itis

A

inflamation

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8
Q

-logy

A

the study of

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9
Q

-lysis

A

to break down

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10
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

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11
Q

-osis

A

disease

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12
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-pexy

A

to suture to

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13
Q

-plasty

A

too surgically repair

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14
Q

-rrhage

A

to burst

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15
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-scope

A

instrument used to view

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16
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-scopy

A

the act of using an instrument for viewing

17
Q

-stomy

A

to create a new surgical opening

18
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

19
Q

-tomy

A

to cut into surgically; to make an incision