Medical Suffixes Flashcards by Alexa Conway

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-ALGIA

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pain

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-DYNIA

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pain

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-EMIA

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blood condition

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-IA

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condition, disease

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-ITIS

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inflammation

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-LEPSY

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seizure or attack

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-MALACIA

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softening

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-MEGALY

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enlargement

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-OMA

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tumor, mass

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-OSIS

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abnormal condition

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-PATHY

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disease

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-PENIA

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deficiency

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-PLEGIA

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paralysis

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-PNEA

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breathing

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-SCLEROSIS

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hardening

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-RRHAGE

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bursting forth

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-RRHEA

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flow, discharge

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-RRHEXIS

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breaking open

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-CENTESIS

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puncture and aspiration

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-ECTOMY

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surgical removal

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-GENIC

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producing, forming

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-GRAPHY

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process of recording

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-LYSIS

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separation

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-OPSY

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view of, vision

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-PLASTY

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surgical repair

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-SCOPY

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visual examination

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-STOMY

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opening

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-TOMY

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incision, cutting

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-AC / -IAC

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pertaining to

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-AL / -EAL / -IAL

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pertaining to

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-AR

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pertaining to

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-ELLA

A

small

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-IATRIC

A

medical treatment

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-IC / -ICAL

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pertaining to

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-INE

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pertaining to

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-OID

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resembling

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-OUS

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characteristic of

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-PLAST

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cell, living substance

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-PLASTY

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formation, plastic repair of

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-ULAR

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pertaining to

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-VOROUS

A

eating