Suffix Flashcards by Erynn Stevens-Smith

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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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-ectasia

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dilation, condition of expansion

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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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-graph

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instrument to record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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condition

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-iatics

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treatment

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-iatrician

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one who treats

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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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-icle, -ole, -ule

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small, tiny

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-in

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substance

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-ior

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pertaining to

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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

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-logist

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one who specializes in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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separate, loosen, break down, dissolve

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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instrument to measure

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-metry

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process of measurement

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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mass, tumor

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-on, -us

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stucture

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-pathy

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disease process

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-plasm

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formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling

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-rrhage

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bursting forth

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-rrhagia

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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

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-sclerosis

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abnormal condition of hardening

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-scope

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instrument to view

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-scopy

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process of viewing

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-some

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body

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-stasis

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controlling stopping

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-stenosis

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abnormal condition of narrowing

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-stomy

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new opening

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision, cutting

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-tripsy

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process of crushing

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-tripter

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machine to crush

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-trite

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instrument to crush

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-trophy

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process of nourishment

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-ule

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small, tiny

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-um

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structure, thing, membrane

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-us

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structure, thing, membrane

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-verse

A

to turn

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-y

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condition, process of

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-zation

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process of