Suffix Flashcards

Every medical word contains a suffix Attached to the end of a word to add meaning, condition, disease or a procedure

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1
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-algia

Hint when I broke my arm I was in a lot of Blank?

A

pain

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-itis
Hint what another word for
Swollen

A

inflammation

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-megaly

Hint what shark is bing then a great white

A

enlargement, large

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-osis

Hemophilia

A

abnormal condition

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pathy

Hint wHht was the Black Plague

A

disease

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-ectomy

Hint what do they do when they remove your Appendix

A

surgical removal

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-ostomy
Hint, when they start, have to do
The surgery they have to what first to repair what is wrong with you

A

surgically create an opening

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-otomy

Hint They had to____man to move the boat

A

cutting into

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gram

Hint when you want to remember you can use your Camera to save it

A

record or picture

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graph

Hint A use For camera to ___

A

instrument for recording

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scope

Hint this tool is used to look in your ears

A

instrument for viewing

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a scopy

Hint he use a scope to look in your ears

A

using an instrument for visual examination)

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Cardi/o

Hint the scarecrow in oz wished he had a blank?

A

Heart

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