MT Suffixes Flashcards

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1
Q

-AL

A

Pertaining to

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-ALGIA

A

Pain

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3
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-AR

A

Pertaining to

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-ARY

A

Pertaining to

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5
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-BLAST

A

Immature cell, embryonic

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-CELE

A

Hernia

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7
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-CENTESIS

A

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-COCCUS (plural -cocci)

A

Berry-shaped bacterium (plural bacteria)

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9
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-CYESIS

A

Pregnancy

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10
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-CYTE

A

Cell

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11
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-DROME

A

To run

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12
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-DYNIA

A

Pain

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13
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-EAL

A

Pertaining to

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14
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-ECTOMY

A

Excision, removal resection

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15
Q

-EMIA

A

Blood condition

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16
Q

-ER

A

One who

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17
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-FUSION

A

Coming together, to pour

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18
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-GEN

A

Substances that produce

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19
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-GENESIS

A

Producing, forming

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20
Q

-GENIC

A

Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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21
Q

-GRAM

A

Record

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22
Q

-GRAPH

A

Instrument for recording

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23
Q

-GRAPHY

A

Process of recording

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24
Q

-IA

A

Condition

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25
Q

-IC, -ICAL

A

Pertaining to

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26
Q

-ION

A

Process

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27
Q

-ISM

A

Process, condition

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28
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-IST

A

Specialist

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29
Q

-ITIS

A

Inflammation

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-LAPSE

A

To slide, fall, sag

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-LOGY

A

Study of

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Q

-LYSIS

A

Breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening

33
Q

-MALACIA

A

Softening

34
Q

-MEGALY

A

Enlargement

35
Q

-METER

A

To measure

36
Q

-AC, -IAC

A

Pertaining to

37
Q

-MISSION

A

To send

38
Q

-OID

A

Resembling, derived from

39
Q

-OLE

A

Little, small

40
Q

-OMA

A

Tumor, mass, fluid collection

41
Q

-OPSY

A

View of

42
Q

-OR

A

One who

43
Q

-OSE

A

Pertaining to, full of, sugar

44
Q

-OSIS

A

Condition, usually abnormal

45
Q

-OUS

A

Pertaining to

46
Q

-PARTUM

A

Birth, labor

47
Q

-PATHY

A

Disease, emotion

48
Q

-PENIA

A

Deficiency

49
Q

-PHOBIA

A

Fear

50
Q

-PHORIA

A

To bear, carry, feeling

51
Q

-PHYSIS

A

To grow

52
Q

-PLASIA

A

Development, growth, formation

53
Q

-PLASM

A

Structure, formation

54
Q

-PLASTY

A

Surgical repair

55
Q

-PNEA

A

Breathing

56
Q

-PTOSIS

A

Droop, sag, prolapse, protrude

57
Q

-RRHEA

A

Flow, discharge

58
Q

-SCLEROSIS

A

Hardening

59
Q

-SCOPE

A

Instrument for visual examination

60
Q

-SCOPY

A

Process of visual examination

61
Q

-SIS

A

State of, condition

62
Q

-SOME

A

Body

63
Q

-STASIS

A

To stop, control, place

64
Q

-STOMY

A

New opening to form a mouth (stoma)

65
Q

-THERAPY

A

Treatment

66
Q

-TIC

A

Pertaining to

67
Q

-TOMY

A

Process of cutting

68
Q

-TROPHY

A

Nourishment, development (condition of)

69
Q

-TYPE

A

Picture, classification

70
Q

-ULE

A

Little, small

71
Q

-UM, -IUM

A

Structure, tissue, thing

72
Q

-Y

A

Condition, process