ENGLISH TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY-SUFFIX Flashcards

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abnormal condition

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-osis

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2
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abnormal condition of dust

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-coniosis

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3
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attraction to

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-philia

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4
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bacterium (berry shaped)

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-coccus

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5
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birth

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-partum

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6
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blood condition

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-emia

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7
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blood flow, excess

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  • rhhage, -rrhagia
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8
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body

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-somatic

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9
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breakdown

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-lysis

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10
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breathing

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-pnea

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11
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cell

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-cyte

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12
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condition

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-ation
-ia
-ism
-osis
-sis
-y

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13
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condition of blood

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-emia

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14
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constriction

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-spasm

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15
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control

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-stasis
-stat

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16
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cut

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-cision
-section
-tomy

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17
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death

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-mortem

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18
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deficiency

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-penia

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19
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destruction

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-lysis

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20
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development

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-plasm
-trophy

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21
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dilation

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-ectasia
-ectasis

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22
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discharge

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-rrhea

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23
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disease

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dust condition

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enlargement
-megaly
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Eustachian tube
-salpinx
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excision
-ectomy
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Fallopian tube
-salpinx
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fixation (surgical)
-pexy
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flow
-rrhea
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formation
-genesis -plasia -plasm -poiesis
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growth
-plasm
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happening
-ptom
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hardening
-sclerosis
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hernia
-cele
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incision
-section -tomy
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inflammation
-itis
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instrument to record
-graph
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instrument to visually examine
-scope
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mass
-oma
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movement
-motor
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narrowing
-stenosis
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nourishment
-trophy
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opening
-stomy
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pain
-algia -dynia
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paralysis
-plegia
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pertaining to
-ac -al -an -ar -ary -eal -ic -ine -ior -oid -ous -tic
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pertaining to the body
-somatic
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place
-stasis
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practitioner
-Ian
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pressure
-tension
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process
-ation -ism -y
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process of cutting into
-cision -tomy -section
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process of cutting out
-ectomy
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process of recording
-graphy
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