MEDICAL SUFFIXES Flashcards

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-able

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able to

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-algia

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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

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destructive, killing

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-cule

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little

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-cyte

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cell

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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

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blood

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-esis

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action

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-form

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shaped like

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13
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-genesis

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origin, formation

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14
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-graph

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writing

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-iasis, -ism

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condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ize

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to treat

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-lith

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stone

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-lysis

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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

A

resemblance, likeness

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-oma

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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

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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

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fear

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-plasty

A

plastic surgery

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-rhage

A

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

38
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-scopy

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to examine visually

39
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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

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