Complex Suffixes Flashcards

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1
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-iatrics

A

Medical Science

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-iatry

A

Psychiatry

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3
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-iatrist

A

Specialist in the medicine of

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4
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-ist

A

Specialist

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-logist

A

Specialist in the study of

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6
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-Logy

A

Study of

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7
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-algia

A

Pain

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8
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-dynia

A

Pain

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9
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Cele

A

Hernia

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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11
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-iasis
AL-ah-sis

A

Presence of

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12
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-itis
AIT-is

A

Inflammation

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13
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-megaly
MEG-ah-lee

A

Enlargement

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14
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-malacia
Mah-LAY-shee-ah

A

Abnormal softening

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15
Q

-oid
OYD

A

Resembling

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16
Q

-oma
OH-mah

A

Tumor

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17
Q

-osis
OH-sis

A

Condition

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18
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-pathy

A

Disease

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19
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-pathy

A

Disease

20
Q

-penia

A

Deficiency

21
Q

-penia

A

Deficiency

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Q

-ptosis
Puh-TOH-sis

A

Drooping

23
Q

-rrhage / -rrhagia

A

Excessive flow

24
Q

-rrhage / -rrhagia

A

Excessive flow

25
Q

-rrhea

A

Flow

26
Q

-rrhexis
REK-sis

A

Rupture

27
Q

-spasm

A

Involuntary contraction

28
Q

-centesis

A

Puncture

29
Q

-centesis

A

Puncture

30
Q

-graph

A

Instrument to produce a record

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-graphy

A

Written procedure

32
Q

-graphy

A

Written procedure

33
Q

-meter

A

Instrument used to measure

34
Q

-meter

A

Instrument used to measure

35
Q

-metry

A

Process of measuring

36
Q

-scope

A

Instrument used to look

37
Q

-scopy

A

Process of looking

38
Q

-scopy

A

Process of looking

39
Q

-desis

A

Binding, fixation

40
Q

-ectomy

A

Removal

41
Q

-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

42
Q

-plasty

A

Reconstruction

43
Q

-rrhaphy
rah-fee

A

Suture

44
Q

-stomy

A

Creation of an opening

45
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-tomy

A

Incision