Lesson 7 - The Respiratory System (Suffixes) Flashcards by Faiza Dang

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-centesis

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Meaning: surgical puncture

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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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-tome

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Meaning: instrument to cut with

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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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-cele

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Meaning: swelling, nernia

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-ectasis

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Meaning: dilation, expansion

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-itis

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Meaning: inflammation

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-logist

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Meaning: specialty in study of

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-malacia

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Meaning: softening

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-oma

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Meaning: tumor

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-osis

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Meaning: abnormal condition,

increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Meaning: disease

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-phagia

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Meaning: swallowing, eating

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-phobia

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Meaning: fear

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-plasm

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Meaning: formation, growth

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-plegia

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Meaning: paralysis

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-pnea

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Meaning: breathing

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-rrhagia

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Meaning: bursting forth

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-scope

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Meaning: instrument for examining

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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

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-therapy

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Meaning: treatment