Diagnosis and Symptom Suffixes (33) Flashcards by Tera Evatt | Brainscape

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-algia

ceph/algia

A

pain

head/pain

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-cele

hepat/o/cele

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hernia, swelling, tumor, protrusion

liver/protrusion

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-dynia

cephal/o/dynia

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pain

head/pain

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-ectasis

bronchi/ectasis

A

dilation

bronchus/dilation

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-emia

polycyth/emia

A

blood

many/blood

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-gen

carcin/o/gen

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producing, beginning

cancer/producing

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-gram

encephal/o/gram

A

record

brain/recording

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-graph

cardi/o/graph

A

instrument

heart/instrument

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-graphy

en/cephal/o/graphy

A

process of recording

in head/recording/process of

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-iasis

cholelith/iasis

A

condition or disease

gall (bile) stones/abnormal condition

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-itis

gastr/itis

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inflammation

stomach/inflammation

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-logy

bio/olg/y

A

study of, science of

life/study/process of

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-malacia

osteo/malac/ia

A

softening

bone/softening/refers to

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-megaly

hepato/megal/y

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enlargement

liver/enlargement/process of

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-meter

cranio/meter

A

instrument for measuring

cranium/measuring instrument

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-metry

pelvi/metr/y

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process of measuring

pelvis/measuring/procedure of

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-oid

lip/oid

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resemble

fat/resembling

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-oma

aden/oma

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tumor or swelling

gland/swelling

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-osis

dermat/osis

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abnormal condition

skin/abnormal condition

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-pathy

nephro/path/y

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disease

kidney/disease/process of

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-penia

leukocyto/penia

A

decrease, deficiency

white/cell decrease

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-phagia

dys/phag/ia

A

eating, swallowing

difficult/swallowing/refers to

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-phasia

a/phas/ia

A

speech

without/speech/refers to

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-plegia

hemi/plegia

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paralysis

half/paralysis

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-phobia

acro/phobia

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fear

top or extremities/fear

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-ptosis

hysterp/ptosis

A

prolapse, falling, dropping

uterus/prolapse

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-rrhage

hemo/rrhage

A

burst forth, hemorrhage

blood/burst forth

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-rrhea

meno/rrhea

A

discharge, flow

monthly/flow

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-rrhexis

angio/rrhexis

A

rupture

vessel/rupture

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-sclerosis

arterio/scler/o/sis

A

hardening

artery/hard/condition

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-scopy

oto/scop/y

A

examination, view

ear/exam/procedure of

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-spasm

blepharo/spasm

A

involuntary contraction, twitching of a muscle

eyelid/contraction

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-desis

teno/desis

A

bind/fixate

fix tendon to bone