Digestive System Suffixes Flashcards

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1
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-al

A

pertaining to

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2
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-cele

A

hernia, protrusion, swelling

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3
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-dynia

A

pain

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4
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-ectomy

A

surgical removal, excision

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5
Q

-emesis

A

vomit

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6
Q

-iasis

A

abnormal condition (produced by something unspecified)

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7
Q

-ic

A

pertaining to

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8
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-ism

A

condition

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9
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-ist

A

specialist

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10
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-istry

A

specialty of

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11
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-itis

A

inflammation

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12
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-lith

A

stone, calculus

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13
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-lithiasis

A

condition of stones

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14
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-logist

A

specialist in the study of

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15
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-lysis

A

destruction, separation, lossening

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16
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-megaly

A

enlargement, large

17
Q

-ole

A

small

18
Q

-oma

A

tumor, neoplam

19
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-orexia

A

appetite

20
Q

-osis

A

abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

21
Q

-pathy

A

disease

22
Q

-pepsia

A

digestion

23
Q

-pexy

A

surgical fixation

24
Q

-phagia

A

swallowing, eating

25
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

26
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

27
Q

-prandial

A

pertaining to a meal

28
Q

-ptosis

A

drooping, prolapse, downward

29
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

30
Q

-schisis

A

splitting

31
Q

-scope

A

instrument for viewing

32
Q

-scopy

A

visual examination

33
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary contraction, twitching

34
Q

-stenosis

A

narrowing, stricture

35
Q

-stomy

A

forming an opening (mouth)

36
Q

-tomy

A

incision

37
Q

-tripsy

A

surgical crushing

38
Q

-um

A

structure, thing