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Digestive System Suffixes Flashcards

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-al

A

pertaining to

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-cele

A

hernia, protrusion, swelling

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectomy

A

surgical removal, excision

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-emesis

A

vomit

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6
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-iasis

A

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-ic

A

pertaining to

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-ism

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condition

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-ist

A

specialist

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-istry

A

specialty of

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-lith

A

stone, calculus

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-lithiasis

A

condition of the stones

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13
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-itis

A

inflammation

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14
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-logist

A

specialist in the study of

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-lysis

A

destruction, separation, loosening

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-megaly

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enlargement, large

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-ole

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-oma

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tumor, neoplam

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-orexia

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-osis

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abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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-pepsia

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-phagia

A

swallowing, eating

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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-prandial

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pertaining to a meal

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-ptosis

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drooping, prolapse, downward, placement

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-rrhaphy

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-schisis

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-scope

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instrument for viewing

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-spasm

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involuntary contractions, twitching

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-stenosis

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narrowing, sticture

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-stomy

A

forming an opening (mouth)

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-tomy

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-tripsy

A

surgical crushing

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-um

A

structure, thing

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