Med Term Suffix Flashcards by Jenn S

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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

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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

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incision, cutting

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Surgery

-tripsy

A

crushing

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Diagnosis procedures

-metry

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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

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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

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*dilation, *dilatation

A

expansion, widening

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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

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accumulation of fluid, swelling

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*lysis

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separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*malacia

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softening

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*necrosis

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death of tissue

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*ptosis

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dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*sclerosis

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hardening

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*spasm

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sudden contraction, cramp

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*stasis

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suppression, stoppage

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*stenosis

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narrowing, constriction

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Words for Disease used as Suffix

*toxin

A

poison

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Surgery

-stomy

A

surgical creation of an opening

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Drugs

-lytic (adjective of lysis)

A

dissolving, reducing, loosening

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Drugs

-mimetic

A

mimicking, simulating

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Drugs

-tropic

A

acting on

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Blood

-emia, hemic

A

condition of blood

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Blood

-penia

A

decrease in, deficiency of

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Blood

-poiesis

A

formation, production

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Respiration

-pnea

A

breathing

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Respiration

-oxia

A

level of oxygen

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Respiration

-capnia

A

level of carbon dioxide

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Respiration

-phonia

A

voice

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Nervous

-phasia

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speech

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Nervous

-lalia

A

speech, babble

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Nervous

-lexia

A

reading

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Nervous

-plegia

A

paralysis

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Nervous

-paresis

A

partial paralysis, weakness

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Nervous

-lepsy

A

seizure

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Nervous

-phobia

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persistent, irrational fear

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Nervous

-mania

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excited state, obsession

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Senses

-esthesia

A

sensation

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Senses

-algesia

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pain

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Senses

-osmia

A

sense of smell

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Senses

-geusia

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sense of taste

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Eye

-opsia

A

condition of vision

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Eye

-opia

A

condition of the eye, vision