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Suffix Flashcards

1
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Al

A

Pertaining to

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Algia

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Pain

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Ar

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Pertaining to

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Ary

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Pertaining to

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Ation

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Word ending that turns a verb into a noun

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Centesis

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Puncture

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Clasia

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Breakdown process leading to disease

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Cle

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Diminutive suffix

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Desis

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Binding together by disease process

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Dynia

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Pain

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Eal

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Pertaining to

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Ectomy

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Cutting out of

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Ella

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Diminutive suffix

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Emia

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Present in blood, indicating disease

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Genesis

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The process of creating

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Gram

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A record of a test or procedure

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Graphy

A

A test or procedure

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ia

A

Disease

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ic

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Pertaining to

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Ing

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Word ending that makes the continuous tense (ongoing process)

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Ification

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Word ending that turns a noun into a verb

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Ion

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Word ending that turns a verb into a noun

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Is

A

Anatomical structure

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Ist

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Someone who studies

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Isis

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Inflammation

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ium

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Anatomical structure

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Logy

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Study of

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Lysis

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Braking down; destroying

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29
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Malacia

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Softening due to disease

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30
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Meter

A

Instrument for measuring

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Oid

A

Looks like; resembles

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32
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Oma

A

Tumor

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On

A

Unit of anatomical structure

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Ory

A

Pertaining to

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Osis

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Process

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Osity

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Word ending that turns a noun into a adjective and back into a noun again

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Ous

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word ending that turns a noun into a adjective

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Pathy

A

Disease process

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Penia

A

Low levels of

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Physis

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Growth; form

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Plasia

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The process of molding or growing

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Plasty

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Surgical revision

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Poiesis

A

Creation process

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44
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Ptosis

A

Drooping

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Rrhaphy

A

Suturing

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46
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Scope

A

Instrument for looking inside

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47
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Sion

A

The state of

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Sium

A

Anatomical word ending

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49
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Spasm

A

Involuntary contraction

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Tomy

A

Cutting

51
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Um
Us

A

Anatomical structure word ending

52
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Y

A

Disease

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Ate

A

Word ending that turns a noun into a adjective that means “showing”

54
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Cele

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Hernia

55
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Ceous

A

Pertaining to

56
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Dice

A

French ending which puts “to be” before the word

57
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Ectasia

A

Dilated condition

58
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Ema

A

Greek ending which puts “to be” before the word

59
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Ene

A

Chemical name ending

60
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Er

A

Word ending that turns a verb into a noun

61
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Gen

A

Arising from

62
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Gen

A

Arising from

63
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Iasis

A

Presence of abnormality

64
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Icle

A

Diminutive suffix

65
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In

A

Chemical name ending for a protein

66
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Ism

A

Belief; process word ending

67
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Itic

A

Pertaining to

68
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Itus

A

Latin suffix meaning the word takes the male gender

69
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Ity

A

Turns a noun into a state of being

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Ium

A

Anatomical structure

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Ization

A

The process of

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Megaly

A

Enlargement due to disease

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O

A

Spanish word ending

74
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Ops

A

Face

75
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Plasm

A

Growth; development

76
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Rrhea

A

Abnormal flow

77
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Scopy

A

The process of looking inside

78
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Tion

A

Word ending that turns a verb into a noun

79
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Trophy

A

Nourishment, growth

80
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Ula
Ule

A

Diminutive suffix

81
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ant

A

state of being

82
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asis

A

state of being

83
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ea

A

anatomical word ending

84
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ellum

A

diminutive suffix (cerebellum=little brain)

85
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ent

A

word ending that turns a verb into a noun

86
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etic

A

a drug or condition causing a process

87
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ial

A

pertaining to

88
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iasis

A

presence of an abnormality

89
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iatrist

A

clinician who studies

90
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iatry

A

the act of studying

91
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ication

A

pertaining to + word ending that turns a verb into a noun

92
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icle

A

diminutive suffix

93
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ient

A

word ending which indicates a ongoing condition

94
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ist

A

someone who studies

95
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ive

A

to go

96
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logist

A

one who studies

97
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lytic

A

substance that causes breakdown or destruction

98
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metry

A

the act of measuring

99
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pexy

A

surgical fixation

100
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plegia

A

inability to move

101
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ptosis

A

drooping

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rrhag[e]

A

abnormal flow

103
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stenosis

A

abnormal narrowing of an opening

104
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stomy

A

creating an opening (or mouth) with surgery

105
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tatic

A

pertaining to stretching

106
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ter

A

noun ending

107
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tic

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pertaining to ; t added to make sound better

108
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tome

A

instrument for cutting

109
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trophic

A

pertaining to nurishment or growth

110
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Amine

A

Chemical group

111
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Bulum

A

Suffix forming the name of an instrument

112
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Em

A

Present in blood

113
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Genic

A

Giving rise to

114
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Ine

A

Chemical name ending

115
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Lith

A

Stone

116
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Logist

A

One who studies

117
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Lysis

A

Breaking down; destroying

118
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Megaly

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Enlargement due to disease

119
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Rrhea

A

Abnormal flow

120
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Sive

A

Capable of

121
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Sterone

A

Chemical name ending

122
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Tion

A

Word ending that turns a verb into a noun

123
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Tommy

A

Cutting

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