LO 2.2 Flashcards by Hannah Strautman

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Suffix: algia

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pain

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Suffix: arche

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beginning

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Suffix: asthenia

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weakness

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Suffix: blast

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formative cell

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Suffix: cele

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hernia, swelling, tumour, protrusion

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Suffix: cidal

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to kill or destroy

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Suffix: cyte

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cell

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Suffix: cytosis

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abnormal increase in about of cells

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Suffix: dipsia

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thirsty

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Suffix: dynia

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painful

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Suffix: emesis

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vomiting

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Suffix: emia

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blood condition

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Suffix: esthesia

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sensation

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Suffix: genic

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origin, beginning, formation

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Suffix: itis

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inflammation

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Suffix: malacia

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softening

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Suffix: mania

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maddness, obsession

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Suffix: megaly

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enlargement

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Suffix: oma

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tumour, swelling

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Suffix: paresis

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slight paralysis

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Suffix: pathy

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disease condition

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Suffix: penia

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lack of, deficient

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Suffix: phobia

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abnormal fear of

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Suffix: plegia

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paralysis

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Suffix: pnea

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air, breath

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Suffix: ptosis

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drooping, sagging, downward displacement

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Suffix: ptysis

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spitting

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Suffix: rrhage

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rupture, profuse flow

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Suffix: rrhagia

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rupture, profuse flow

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Suffix: rrhea

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to flow, discharge

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Suffix: rrhexis

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rupture

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Suffix: sclerosis

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hardening

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Suffix: spasm

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involuntary contraction

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Suffix: stasis

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stopping or controlling flow (of fluid)

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Suffix: staxis

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bursting forth, hemorrhage

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Suffix: stenosis

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narrowing

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Suffix: taxia

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coordination, order, arrangement

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Suffix: therapy

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treatment

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Suffix: thorax

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chest

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Suffix: tocia

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labour, childbirth

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Suffix: trophy

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nourishment

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Suffix: tropia

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to turn

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Suffix: uria

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urination, urine

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Suffix: xerosis

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dryness

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Suffix: centesis

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aspiration or puncture to remove liquid

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Suffix: clasis

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to crush or break surgically

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Suffix: cleisis

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closure

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Suffix: desis

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binding, fixation

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Suffix: ectasis
Suffix: ectasia

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dilation, expansion

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Suffix: ectomy

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removal, excision

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Suffix: lysis
Suffix: lytic

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break down; release; set free

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Suffix: pexy

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surgical fixation

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Suffix: plasty

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surgical repair or correction

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Suffix: rrhaphy

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suture, repair

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Suffix: scope

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instrument for viewing

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Suffix: scopy

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visual examination with an instrument

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Suffix: stomy

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to create a more of less permanent opening

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Suffix: tome

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instrument for cutting

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Suffix: tomy

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incision into; to incise

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Suffix: tripsy

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to surgically crush or break

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Suffix: coccus
Suffix: cocci

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spherical or ovoid bacterium

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Suffix: crine

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to secrete

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Suffix: crit

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to seperate

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Suffix: gram

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record or tracing

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Suffix: graph

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instrument for recording or tracing

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Suffix: metre

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instrument to measure

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Suffix: phil

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love, attraction

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Suffix: phoresis

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transmission, to carry