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Suffix Flashcards

1
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Itis

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Inflammation

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Logy

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Process of study

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Gram

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Record

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ic, ical, ac, al, eal, ior, iac, ar, ary, ous, tic,

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Pertaining to

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algia, dynia

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Pain

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Cyte

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Cell

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Ectomy

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Excision,removal

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Emia

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Blood condition, condition

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Genic

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Pertaining to,producing, produced by, or produced in

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Globin

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Protein

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Ion

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Process

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Ist

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Specialist

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Oma

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Tumor,mass,swelling

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Opsy

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Process of viewing

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Osis

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Condition,usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

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Pathy

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Disease condition

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Scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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Scopy

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Process of visually examining

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Sis

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State of; condition

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Tomy

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Process of cutting; incision

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Y, ism

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Process, condition

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Ose

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Pertaining to, full of

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Plasm

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Formation

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Somes

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Bodies

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Type

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Picture, classification

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ase

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Enzyme

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chezia

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Defecation, elimination of wastes

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iasis

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Abnormal condition

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prandial

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Meal

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cele

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Hernia

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centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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coccus/cocci

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Berry shaped bacteria (singular and plural)

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genesis

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Condition of producing, forming

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graphy

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Process of recording

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lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

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malacia

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Softening

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megaly

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Enlargement

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penia

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Deficiency

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plasia

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Development,formation,growth

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plasty

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Surgical repair

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ptosis

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Dropping,falling, prolapse

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sclerosis

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Hardening

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stasis

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Controlling, stopping

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stomy

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Opening to form a mouth

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trophy

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development, nourishment

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46
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er, or

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One who

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47
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ia

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Condition

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48
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ole, ule

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Little,small

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um, ium

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Structure, tissue

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us

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Structure, substance

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oid

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Resembling,derived from

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blast

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Embryonic, immature

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drome

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fusion

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Coming together; to pour

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gen

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Substance that produces; producing; giving rise to

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lapse

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To slide, fall, sag

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meter

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To measure

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mission

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oxia

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partum

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Birth, labor

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phoria

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To bear, carry; feeling(mental state)

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physis

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pnea

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ptosis

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Falling, dropping, prolapse

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rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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ectasis, ectasia

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Dilation, (dilatation), widening

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emesis

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pepsia

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phagia

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Eating, swallowing

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ptysis

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rrhaphy

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stenosis

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Narrowing, tightening

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tresia

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poietin

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Substance that forms

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tripsy

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uria

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Urination; urine condition

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arche

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cyesis

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gravida

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parous

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Bearing, bringing forth

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salpinx

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Fallopian (uterine) tubes

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tocia

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Labor, birth

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version

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Act of turning

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one

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pexy

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Fixation, put in place

86
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lepsy

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paresis

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phasia

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plegia

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praxia

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sthenia

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osmia

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sphyxia

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thorax

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Pleural cavity, chest

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desis

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apheresis

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Removal, a carrying away

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cytosis

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Abnormal condition of cells (increase)

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lytic

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Pertaining to destruction

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philia

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Attraction for

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phoresis

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Carrying, transmission

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poiesis

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crit

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ema

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clast

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listhesis

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porosis

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Pore, passage

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tome

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Instrument to cut

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Asthenia

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Lack of strength

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opia

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opsia

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tropia

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agon

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Assemble, gather together

113
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in/ ine

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A substance

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tropin

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Stimulating the function of

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uria

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Urine condition

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suppression

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lucent

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opaque

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echo

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A repeated sound

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leptic

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To seize hold of

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mania

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thymia

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