Suffix Flashcards

1
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary

A

pertaining to

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2
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-algia

A

pain

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3
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-asthenia

A

without strength

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4
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-blast

A

immature cell

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5
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-cele

A

pouching or hernia

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6
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-cyesis

A

pregnancy

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7
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-cynia

A

pain

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8
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-eal

A

pertaining to

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9
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-ectasis

A

expansion or dilation

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10
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-ectomy

A

removal

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11
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-edema

A

swelling

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12
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-ema

A

condition

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13
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-emesis

A

vomiting

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14
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-emia

A

blood condition

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15
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-esthenia

A

lack of sensation

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16
Q

-genic

A

origin or production

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17
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-gram

A

record

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18
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-graphy

A

recording process

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19
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-ia

A

condition of

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20
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-iasis

A

condition, formation of

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21
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-iatry

A

treatment

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22
Q

-ic

A

pertaining to

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23
Q

-icle

A

small

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24
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-ism

A

condition of

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25
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-itis

A

inflammation

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26
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-ium

A

tissue or structure

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27
Q

-lepsy

A

seizure

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28
Q

-lith

A

stone, calculus

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29
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-logy

A

study of

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30
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-lysis

A

breaking down, dissolution

31
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-malacia

A

softening

32
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-megaly

A

enlargement

33
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-metry

A

measuring process

34
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-myc

A

fungus

35
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-oid

A

resembling

36
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-ole

A

small

37
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-ology

A

study of

38
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-oma

A

tumor

39
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-opia, -opsia

A

vision

40
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-orexia

A

appetite

41
Q

-ose

A

full of, pertaining to

42
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-osis

A

abnormal conditions, increase

43
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-osmia

A

smell

44
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-ous

A

pertaining to

45
Q

-paresis

A

partial paralysis

46
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-pathy

A

disease

47
Q

-penia

A

decrease

48
Q

-pepsia

A

digestion

49
Q

-phagia

A

swallowing

50
Q

-phasia

A

speech

51
Q

-philic

A

attraction for

52
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-phobia

A

fear

53
Q

-plasia

A

formation, development

54
Q

-plasty

A

-surgical repair, reconstruction

55
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-plegia

A

paralysis, stroke

56
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

57
Q

–polesis

A

formation, production

58
Q

-porosis

A

condition of pores, spaces

59
Q

-rrhage

A

to burst forth

60
Q

-rrhea

A

discharge

61
Q

-sclerosis

A

hardness

62
Q

-scopy

A

examination

63
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

64
Q

-stasis

A

stop and stand

65
Q

-stomy

A

new opening

66
Q

-tic

A

pertaining to

67
Q

-tomy

A

incision

68
Q

-tropea

A

to turn

69
Q

-tropic

A

stimulate

70
Q

-trophy

A

nutrition, growth

71
Q

-ula, -ule

A

small

72
Q

-urea

A

urination

73
Q

-y

A

condition, process of