Lesson 8 - The Cardiac System (Suffixes) Flashcards

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-ectomy

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Meaning: excision, removal

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-lysis

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Meaning: separate, destruction, loosening

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3
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-plasty

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Meaning: surgical repair

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4
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-rrhaphy

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Meaning: suture

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5
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-cardia

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Meaning: heart condition

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-cyt

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Meaning: cell

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7
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-ectasis

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Meaning: dilation, expansion

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8
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-genesis

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Meaning: forming, producing, origin

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9
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-gram

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Meaning: record, writing

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10
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-graphy

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Meaning: process of recording

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11
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-lith

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Meaning: stone, calculus

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12
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-malacia

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Meaning: softening

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13
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-megaly

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Meaning: enlargement

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14
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-oid

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Meaning: resembling

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15
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  • ole

- ule

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Meaning: small, minute

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16
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-oma

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Meaning: tumor

17
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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

19
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-phagia

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Meaning: swallowing, eating

20
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-phobia

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Meaning: fear

21
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-pnea

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Meaning: breathing

22
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-rrhexis

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Meaning: rupture

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-spasm

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Meaning: involuntary contraction, twitching

24
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-stenosis

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Meaning: narrowing, stricture

25
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-um

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Meaning: structure, thing

26
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-therapy

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Meaning: treatment