Common Suffixes Flashcards by Candace E King

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-algesia

A

sensitivity to pain

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-algia

A

pain

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-blast

A

embryonic stage of development

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-cele

A

swelling or herniation

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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-cide

A

to kill; to destroy

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-desis

A

binding or surgical fusion

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-dynia

A

pain

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-ectasia

A

stretching or dilation

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-ectasis

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stretching or dilation

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-ectomy

A

surgical removal

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-er

A

one who

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-esis

A

condition of

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-gen

A

that which generates

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-genic

A

pertaining to formation

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-gram

A

record of picture

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-genesis

A

generating; formation

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-gravida

A

pregnancy

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-iasis

A

presence of an abnormal condition

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-ion

A

pertaining to; capable

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-ism

A

condition

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-ist

A

practicioner

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-ize

A

to make; to treat or combine with

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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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-logy

A

the study of

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-logist

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one who specializes in the study of

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-lysis

A

destruction or detachment

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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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-meter

A

an instrument used to measure

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-metry

A

the process of measuring

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-oid

A

resembling

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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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-opsy

A

process of viewing

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-ory

A

pertaining to; characterized by

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-osis

A

condition

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-ous

A

pertaining to

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

decrease in; deficiency

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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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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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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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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-rrhaphy

A

suturing

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-rrhea

A

discharge; flow

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-scope

A

an instrument used to view

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-scopy

A

the process of viewing with a scope

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-stasis

A

stopping or controlling

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-ula

A

small, little

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-ule

A

“small one”

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-um

A

suffix that identifies singular nouns

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-uria

A

a characteristic of the urine

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-us

A

a suffix that identifies singular nouns

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-y

A

condition; process (noun ending)