MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (SUFFIXES) Flashcards
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-algia
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pertaining to pain
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-asthen(o)
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weakness
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-blast
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immature cell
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-cele
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pertaining to tumor
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-centesis
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pertaining to a procedure where an organ or body cavity is punctured to drain fluid or obtain a sample
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectomy
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surgical removal of
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-emia
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pertaining to presence of a substance in the blood
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-genic
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causing
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-gram
A
record
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-graph
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a record or the instrument used to create the record
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lysis
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decline, disintegration, destruction
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-megaly
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enlargement of
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-ology
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science of
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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pertaining to disease
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-ostomy
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surgical creation of an opening, or hole
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-otomy
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surgical incision
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-pathy
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disease or system for treating disease
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-phagia
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pertaining to eating or swallowing
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-phasia
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pertaining to speech
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-phobia
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pertaining to fear
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-plasty
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plastic surgery
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-plegia
paralysis
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-pnea
pertaining to breathing
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-ptosis
drooping
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-rrhage
abnormal or excessive flow/discharge
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-rrhagia
abnormal or excessive flow or discharge
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-rrhaphy
suture of; repair
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-rrhea
flow or discharge
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-scope
instrument for examination
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-scopy
examination with an instrument
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-sis
a process, action, condition
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-taxis
order, arrangement of
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-trophic
pertaining to nutrition
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-uria
pertaining to a substance in the urine or the condition so indicated
