Medical Terminology 2: Suffixes Flashcards by Lauren Cason

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-rrhexis

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bursting forth

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-emia

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Blood

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-cyte

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cell

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-osis, -ia, -ism

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condition

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-tripsy

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to crush

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-tomy

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to cut into

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-tome

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cutting instrument

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-lysis

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destroy

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-pathy

A

disease of

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-ptosis

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drooping

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-phobia

A

fear

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-genesis

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formation

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-cele

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herniation

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-itis

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infection

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-iasis

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infestation

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-scope

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instrument to examine

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-meter

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instrument to measure

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-graph

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instrument to record data

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-spasm

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involuntary movement

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-cide

A

kill

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-penia

A

lack of

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-para

A

live birth

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-mania

A

madness

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-ostomy

A

make a new opening

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-metry

A

measurement

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-stenosis

A

narrowing

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-trohpy

A

nutrition/development

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-er

A

one who

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-algia, -dynia

A

pain

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-ic, -al, -otic, -ac, -ar, -ous

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pertaining to

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-gram

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picture

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-y

A

process of

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-grapy

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recording of data

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-ectomy

A

to remove or cut out

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-oid

A

resembling

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-malacia

A

softening

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-ist

A

specialist

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-stasis

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staying in one place

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-lith

A

stone

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-ectasia

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stretching

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-logy

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study of

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-plasty

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to surgically repair

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-edema

A

swelling

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-oma:

A

tumor

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-emesis

A

vomiting

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-clysis

A

washing