Medical Terminology Unit 1 - Suffixes Flashcards
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-algia
A
pain
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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-ary
A
pertaining to
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-cele
A
hernia, swelling
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-centesis
A
puncture
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-cide
A
killing
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-cyte
A
cell
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-desis
A
binding, fusion
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-dynia
A
pain
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-eal
A
pertaining to
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-ectomy
A
removal -tomy = cut ec- = out
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-emia
A
blood condition
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-genic
A
creating, giving rise to
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-gram
A
visual record
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-graph
A
instrument used to produce
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-graphy
A
recording procedure
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-ia
A
condition; disease
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-iasis
A
presence of
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-iatrics
A
medical science
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-iatrist
A
specialist in medicine of
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-iatry
A
medical science
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-ic
A
pertaining to
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-icle
small
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-ise and -ize
turns a noun into a verb
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-ism
condition or procedure
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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-ium
tissue or structure
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-lith
stone
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-logist
specialist in the study of
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-logy
study of
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-lysis or -lytic
break down; destruction
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-meter
instrument for measuring
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-metry
process of measuring
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-oid
resembling
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-ole
small
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-oma
tumor or swelling
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-osis
condition (-oses is plural form)
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-ous
pertaining to
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
deficiency
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-plasty
reconstruction
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-ptosis
drooping
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-rrhage
excessive flow
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-rrhaphy
suture (stitch)
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-rrhea
flow
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-scope
instrument for visualizing
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-scopy
examination using a scope
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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-stomy
creating of an opening
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tion
turns a word into a process
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-tomy
cut; incision
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-trophy
nourishment
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-ula
small
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-ule
small
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-us
condition
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-y
condition or procedure
