Common Suffixes Flashcards by Brenna Williams

Q

-ad

A

toward, increase

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-algesia

A

sensitivity to pain

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-algia

A

pain

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-blast

A

immature

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-cele

A

swelling or herniation

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-cide

A

to kill; to destroy

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-cyte

A

cell

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-dynia

A

pain

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-ectasia

A

stretching or dilation

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-ectasis

A

stretching or dilation

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-gen

A

that which generates

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-genesis

A

generating; formation

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-genic

A

pertaining to formation producing

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-gravida

A

pregnancy

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-iasis

A

presence of an abnormal condition

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-iatrician

A

one who treats’ a physician

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-lepsy

A

seizure, attack

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-lith

A

stone

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-lithiasis

A

presence or formation of stones

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-lytic

A

destruction

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-mania

A

a mental disorder; a madness

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oma

A

tumor

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-opia

A

visual condition

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-opsia

A

visual condition

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

decrease in; deficiency

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-philia

A

attraction to

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-phobia

A

abnormal fear

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-plasia

A

formation or development

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-ptosis

A

drooping or prolapse

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-rrhagia

A

excessive flow or discharge

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-rrhea

A

discharge; flow

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-stasis

A

stopping or controlling

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-uria

A

characteristic of urine

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-ase

A

enzyme

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-capnia

A

CO2 - carbon dioxide

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-coccus

A

berry shaped

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-emesis

A

vomiting

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-malacia

A

softening

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-sclerosis

A

hardening