Suffix Flashcards

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1
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-a

A

noun ending

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-abrasion

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scraping of

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary

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pertaining to

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-ad

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toward

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-al

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pertaining to

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-al, -eal, -ar, -ary

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pertaining to

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-ant, -iac, -ic

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-cele

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herniation, protrusion

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-cyte

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cell

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-eal, -ic, -id, -ous

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pertaining to

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13
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-ectasia

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dilation, condition of expansion

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14
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-ectomy

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removal, excision

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-emia

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blood condition

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-er

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one who

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-esthetic

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pertaining to sensation, feeling

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-ferous

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pertaining to carrying

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-gnosis

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state of knowledge

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20
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-graph

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instrument to record

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21
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-graphy

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process of recording

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22
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-ia

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condition

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23
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-iatics

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treatment

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24
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-iatrician

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one who treats

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25
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-iatrist

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one who specializes in treatment

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-iatry

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process of treatment

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-ic

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pertaining to

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28
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-icle, -ole, -ule

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small, tiny

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29
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-in

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substance

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30
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-ior

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pertaining to

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31
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-is

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structure, thing, membrane

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-ism

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condition

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-ist

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one who specializes

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ium

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structure, thing, membrane

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-ive

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pertaining to

37
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-logist

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one who specializes in the study of

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-logy

A

study of

39
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-lysis

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separate, loosen, break down, dissolve

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-meter

A

instrument to measure

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-metry

A

process of measurement

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-oid

A

resembling

45
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-oma

A

mass, tumor

46
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-on, -us

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stucture

47
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-opsy

A

process of viewing

48
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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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-ous

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pertaining to

50
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-pathy

A

disease process

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-plasm

A

formation

52
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

53
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-ptosis

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prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling

54
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-rrhage

A

bursting forth

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-rrhagia

A

condition of bursting forth

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-rrhapy

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sature, repair

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-rrheic

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pertaining to discharge

59
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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-sclerosis

A

abnormal condition of hardening

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-scope

A

instrument to view

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-scopy

A

process of viewing

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-some

A

body

64
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-stasis

A

controlling stopping

65
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-stenosis

A

abnormal condition of narrowing

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-stomy

A

new opening

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

A

incision, cutting

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-tripsy

A

process of crushing

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-tripter

A

machine to crush

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-trite

A

instrument to crush

72
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-trophy

A

process of nourishment

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-ule

A

small, tiny

74
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-um

A

structure, thing, membrane

75
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-us

A

structure, thing, membrane

76
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-verse

A

to turn

77
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-y

A

condition, process of

78
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-zation

A

process of