General Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

Pertaining to
(starting with A - 4, E - 1,i - 4, O - 2,T- 1)

A

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary,
-eal,
-ic, -ical -ior, -ine
-ose, -ous,
-tic,

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2
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-Blast

A

Immature, growing

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2
Q

-eal

A

Pertaining to

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3
Q

Small

A

-ole, ule

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4
Q

-genous,
-genic,
-genesis

A

pertaining to producing, produced by,
or produced in

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5
Q

-algia

A

Pain

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6
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-uria

A

urine, urination

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7
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-oid

A

Resembling, like

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8
Q

-cyte

A

cell

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9
Q

ectomy - as in Nephr/ectomy

A

excision, removal

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10
Q

emia - as in Leuk/emia

A

blood condition

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11
Q

globin - as in hemo/globin

A

protein

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12
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gram - as in electroencephalo/gram

A

record

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13
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ion - as in excision

A

process

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14
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-er, -or,
-ician,
-logist,
-ist

A

specialist in the study of

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15
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-phagia

A

eating, swallowing

16
Q

-phasia

A

speech, speak

17
Q

-plasia

A

formation, development, growth

18
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

19
Q

-poiesis

A

production, formation

20
Q

-trophy

A

development, growth, nourishment

21
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logy - as in endrocrino/logy

A

process of study

22
Q

oma - as in hepat/oma

A

tumor, mass, swelling

23
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opsy - as in bi/opsy

A

process of viewing

24
Q

osis - as in Nephr/osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

25
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pathy - as in encephalo/pathy

A

disease condition

26
Q

scopy - as in ophthalmo/scopy

A

process of visually examine

27
Q

Scope - as in ophthalmo/scope

A

instrument, to visually examine

28
Q

sis - as in prognosis/sis

A

state of condition

29
Q

tomy - as in osteo/tomy

A

process of cutting, incision

30
Q

y - as in gastroenterolog/y

A

process condition