Lesson 4- Compound Suffixes Flashcards
0
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Surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ
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-ectomy
1
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Dilation, enlargement
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- ectasia
- ectasis
2
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Substance that produces
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-gen
3
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Formation, origin
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-genesis
4
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Causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in
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- genic
- genous
5
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A record of the activity of an organ
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-graph
6
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The recording of the activity of an organ.
A descriptive treatis
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-graphy
7
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Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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-lysis
8
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Pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration
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-lytic
9
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Disease
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-pathy
10
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Dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
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-ptosis
11
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Profuse discharge, hermorrhage
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-rrhagia
12
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Profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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-rrhea
13
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Bursting, rupture
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-rrhexis
14
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An instrument for examining
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-scope
15
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Examination
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-scopy
16
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A surgical instrument for cutting
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-tome
17
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Surgical incision
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-tomy
