Common Suffixes Flashcards by Cyan Robles

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-cele

A

protrusion

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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-cyte

A

cell

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-desis

A

surgical binding

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-dynia

A

pain

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-algia

A

pain

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-ectasis

A

expansion or dilation

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-ectasia

A

expansion or dilation

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-ectomy

A

surgical removal

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-edema

A

excessive fluid in intra cellular tissues

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-emia

A

blood

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-genic

A

origin, producing

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-gram

A

written or pictorial records

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-graph

A

device for graphic or pictorial recording

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-graphy

A

act of graphic or pictorial record

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-ian, -iatrist, -ist, -logist, -logy, -ics, -iatry, -iatrics

A

specialty of, study of, practice of

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-iasis

A

a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a condition

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ism

A

a condition of, a process, or a state of

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-lith

A

stone, calculus, calcification

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-lysis

A

disintegration

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-meter

A

device for measuring

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-metry

A

act of measuring

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-oid

A

resembling or like

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-oma

A

tumor

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-opsy

A

visual examination

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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

reduction of size or quantity

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-phobia

A

fear, appears mainly as a suffix

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-plasia

A

abnormal formation

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-plegia

A

-paralysis

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-pnea

A

breath, respiration

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-poiesis

A

producing

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-porosis

A

porous conditions

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-ptosis

A

downward displacement

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-rrhage

A

flowing forth

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-rrhea

A

discharge

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-sclerosis

A

hardness

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-scope

A

device for viewing

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-scopy

A

act of viewing

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-spasm

A

muscular contraction

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-stasis

A

level; unchanging

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-stenosis

A

narrowed; blocked

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-stomy

A

permanent opening

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-tome

A

instrument for cutting

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-tomy

A

incision

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-tripsy

A

crushing

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al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic,

- ous

A

pertaining to

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-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula

A

small

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-necrosis

A

tissue death