Other Suffixes Flashcards by Kirsten Sawtelle

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-an

A

not, without, lacking

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-aceous

A

of, pertaining to

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-al

A

having character of

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-ap, -aph-

A

touch

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-ate

A

verb form “the act of”

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-ation

A

noun form “the act of”

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-cell-

A

chamber, small room

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-chym-

A

juice

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-cul-, -cule

A

small, diminutive

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-cycle

A

ring, circle

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-cyst

A

sac, pouch, bladder

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-duct

A

lead

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-elle

A

small

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-emia

A

blood

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-en

A

made of

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-eous

A

nature of, like

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-fid

A

divided into

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-flect, -flex

A

bend

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-gen, -gine

A

producer, former

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-gene-

A

origin, birth

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-glob-

A

ball, round

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-gon

A

angle, corner

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-grad-

A

step

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-gram, -graph

A

record, writing

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-gross-

A

thick

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-hal-, -hale

A

breathe, breath

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-iae

A

person with disease

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-iasis

A

disease, abnormality

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-ic

A

adjective, pertaining to

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-ine

A

of or pertaining to

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-ism

A

state or condition of

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-ist

A

person who deals with

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-ium

A

refers to part of body

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-kary-

A

cell nucleus

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-less

A

without

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-log-

A

word, speech

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-logist

A

one who studies

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-logy

A

study of

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-lys, -lyt, -lyst

A

decompose, split

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-mer

A

part

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-meter, -metry

A

measurement

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-ner-

A

moist, liquid

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-node-

A

knot

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-nom-, -nomy

A

law, knowledge

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-ond

A

form, appearance

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-oma

A

abnormal, tumor

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-osis

A

abnormal

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-ous

A

full of

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-ped-

A

foot, child

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-pod

A

foot

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-scop-

A

look, seeing

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-scribe, -script

A

write

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-septic

A

infection, putrid

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-sis

A

condition, state

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-spher-

A

ball, round

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-the-, -thes-

A

put

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-thel-

A

cover a surface

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-tom-

A

cut, slice

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-trop-

A

turn, change

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-troph-

A

nourishment

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-ul-, -ule

A

diminutive, small