Medical Word Suffixes Flashcards by Jen Ludwig

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -tic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tous

A

pertaining to

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-algia

A

pain

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-cele

A

hernia

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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-cide, -cidal

A

destroying, killing

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-clasis, -clast

A

breaking

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-cyte

A

cell

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-derma

A

skin

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-dipsia

A

thirst

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-dynia

A

pain

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-ectasis

A

dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

A

excision, surgical removal

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-edema

A

swelling

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-emia

A

a condition of the blood

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-esthesia

A

sensation

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-gen, -genesis

A

creating, producing

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-gram

A

record

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-graph

A

recording instrument

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-gravida

A

pregnant woman

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-ia, -ism

A

condition

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-iasis

A

pathological condition or state

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-ist

A

specialist

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-kinesia, -kinesis

A

movement

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-lith

A

stone

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

A

destruction of

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

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-metry

A

measurement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-ole

A

small

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-oma

A

tumor

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-opia

A

vision

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-oxia

A

oxygen

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-paresis

A

slight or partial paralysis

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-pathy

A

disease

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-pause

A

cessation

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-pepsia

A

digestion

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-phage, -phagia

A

eating, swallowing

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-phasia

A

speech

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-phobia

A

fear

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-phoria

A

feeling

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-plasm, -plasia

A

formation, growth

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-ptosis

A

drooping, prolapse

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-rrhagia, -rrhage

A

bursting forth

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-rrhaphy

A

suture, suturing

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-scope

A

instrument used to view

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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-stenosis

A

narrowing, stricture

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-stomy

A

mouthlike opening

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-tome

A

cutting instrument

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-tomy

A

cutting into, incision

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-tripsy

A

crushing

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-trophy

A

nourishment or growth

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-uria

A

urine