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Med Term Suffix Flashcards

1
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Diagnostic procedures

-gram

A

a record of data

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Diagnostic procedures

-graph

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instrument for recording data

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Diagnostic procedures

-graphy

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act of recording

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Diagnostic procedures

-meter

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instrument for measuring

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Diagnostic procedures

-scope

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instrument for viewing or examining

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Diagnostic procedures

-scopy

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examination of

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Surgery

-centesis

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puncture tap

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Surgery

-desis

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binding, fusion

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Surgery

-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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Surgery

-pexy

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surgical fixation

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Surgery

-plasty

A

plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

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Surgery

-(r)raphy

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surgical repair, suture

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Surgery

-tome

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instrument for incising (cutting)

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Surgery

-tomy

A

incision, cutting

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Surgery

-tripsy

A

crushing

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Diagnosis procedures

-metry

A

measurement of

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Disease

-algia, -algesia

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pain

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Disease

-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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Disease

-clasis, -clasia

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breaking

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Disease

-itis

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inflammation

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Disease

-megaly

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enlargement

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Disease

-odynia

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pain

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Disease

-oma

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tumor

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Disease

-pathy

A

any disease of

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Disease

-rhage, rhagia

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bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

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Disease

-rhea

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flow, discharge

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Disease

-rhexis

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rupture

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Disease

-schisis

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fissure, splitting

29
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*dilation, *dilatation

A

expansion, widening

30
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*ectasia, *ectasis

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dilation, dilatation, distension

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*edema

A

accumulation of fluid, swelling

32
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*lysis

A

separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

33
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*malacia

A

softening

34
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*necrosis

A

death of tissue

35
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*ptosis

A

dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

36
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*sclerosis

A

hardening

37
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*spasm

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sudden contraction, cramp

38
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*stasis

A

suppression, stoppage

39
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*stenosis

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narrowing, constriction

40
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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*toxin

A

poison

41
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Surgery

-stomy

A

surgical creation of an opening

42
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Drugs

-lytic (adjective of lysis)

A

dissolving, reducing, loosening

43
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Drugs

-mimetic

A

mimicking, simulating

44
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Drugs

-tropic

A

acting on

45
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Blood

-emia, hemic

A

condition of blood

46
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Blood

-penia

A

decrease in, deficiency of

47
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Blood

-poiesis

A

formation, production

48
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Respiration

-pnea

A

breathing

49
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Respiration

-oxia

A

level of oxygen

50
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Respiration

-capnia

A

level of carbon dioxide

51
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Respiration

-phonia

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voice

52
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Nervous

-phasia

A

speech

53
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Nervous

-lalia

A

speech, babble

54
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Nervous

-lexia

A

reading

55
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Nervous

-plegia

A

paralysis

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Nervous

-paresis

A

partial paralysis, weakness

57
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Nervous

-lepsy

A

seizure

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Nervous

-phobia

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persistent, irrational fear

59
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Nervous

-mania

A

excited state, obsession

60
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Senses

-esthesia

A

sensation

61
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Senses

-algesia

A

pain

62
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Senses

-osmia

A

sense of smell

63
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Senses

-geusia

A

sense of taste

64
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Eye

-opsia

A

condition of vision

65
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Eye

-opia

A

condition of the eye, vision

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