MEDICAL SUFFIXES Flashcards
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-able
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able to
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-algia
A
pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-cide
A
destructive, killing
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-cule
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little
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-cyte
A
cell
8
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-ectasia
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expansion, dilation
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-ectomy
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excision
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-emia
A
blood
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-esis
A
action
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-form
A
shaped like
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-genesis
A
origin, formation
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-graph
A
writing
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-iasis, -ism
A
condition
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-itis
A
inflammation
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-ize
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to treat
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-lith
A
stone
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-lysis
A
disintegration
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-malacia
A
softening
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-megaly
A
enlargement
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-meter
A
measuring instrument
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-oid
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resemblance, likeness
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-oma
A
tumor
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-opathy, -pathy
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any disease of
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-orrhaphy
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surgical repair
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-osis
A
disease
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-ostomy, -stomy
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to form an opening
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-penia
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deficiency, decrease
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-phage
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ingesting
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-phobia
A
fear
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-plasty
A
plastic surgery
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-rhage
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hemorrhage
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-rhea
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excessive discharge
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-rhexis
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rupture
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-scope
A
lighted instrument
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-scopy
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to examine visually
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction
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