Suffix Flashcards by Selene Acosta-Dominguez

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-asthenia

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without strength

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-blast

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immature cell

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-cele

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pouching or hernia

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cynia

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pain

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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expansion or dilation

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-ectomy

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removal

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-edema

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swelling

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-ema

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condition

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood condition

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-esthenia

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lack of sensation

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-genic

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origin or production

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-gram

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record

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-graphy

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recording process

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-ia

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condition of

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-iasis

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condition, formation of

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-iatry

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treatment

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-icle

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small

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-ism

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condition of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ium

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tissue or structure

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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breaking down, dissolution

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-metry

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measuring process

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-myc

A

fungus

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-oid

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resembling

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-ole

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small

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-ology

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study of

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-oma

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tumor

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-opia, -opsia

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vision

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-orexia

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appetite

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-ose

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full of, pertaining to

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-osis

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abnormal conditions, increase

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-osmia

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smell

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-paresis

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partial paralysis

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

A

decrease

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phagia

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swallowing

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-phasia

A

speech

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-philic

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attraction for

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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formation, development

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-plasty

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-surgical repair, reconstruction

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-plegia

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paralysis, stroke

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-pnea

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breathing

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–polesis

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formation, production

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-porosis

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condition of pores, spaces

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-rrhage

A

to burst forth

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-sclerosis

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hardness

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-scopy

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examination

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-stasis

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stop and stand

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-stomy

A

new opening

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-tic

A

pertaining to

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-tomy

A

incision

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-tropea

A

to turn

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-tropic

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stimulate

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-trophy

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nutrition, growth

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-ula, -ule

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small

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-urea

A

urination

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-y

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condition, process of