Lesson 4 - The Gastrointestinal System (Suffixes) Flashcards by Faiza Dang

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-ectomy

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Meaning: Excision, removal

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-plasty

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Meaning: Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Meaning: Suture

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-stomy

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Meaning: Forming an opening

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-tome

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Meaning: Instrument to cut

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-tomy

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Meaning: Incision

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algia

- dynia

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Meaning: Pain

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-emesis

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Meaning: Vomiting

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-gram

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Meaning: Record, writing

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-graphy

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Meaning: Process of recording

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-iasis

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Meaning: Abnormal condition

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-itis

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Meaning: Inflammation

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-lith

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Meaning: Stone, calculus

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-logist

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Meaning: Specialist

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-logy

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Meaning: Study of

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-megaly

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Meaning: Enlargement

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-oma

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Meaning: Tumor

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-osis

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Meaning: Abnormal condition, increasing

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-pepsia

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Meaning: Digestion

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-phagia

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Meaning: Swallowing, eating

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-rrhea

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Meaning: Discharge, flow

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-scope

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Meaning: Instrument used to examine

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-scopy

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Meaning: Visual examination

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-spasm

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Meaning: Involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stenosis

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Meaning: Narrowing, stricture