Suffix: Describing Cell/ Tissue Condition Flashcards

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1
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What is -itis (example: hepatitis)

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Inflammation

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-trophy (Hypertrophy)

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Growth

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3
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-ism (Dysmorphism)

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State

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4
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-stasis/ -static (Metastasis)

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Standing, placement

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5
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-pathy (Psychopathy)

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Feeling/ disease

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6
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Lytic/ -lysis (Hemolysis)

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Destruction

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7
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-megaly (Hepatomegaly)

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Enlarged

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8
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-penia (Leukopenia)

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Below normal blood

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-emia/ tosis (Leukaemia/ Leucocytosis)

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Above normal

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10
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-oma (Melanoma)

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Tumour

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11
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-plegia (Quadriplegia)

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Paralysis

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12
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-rrhea/ -rrhage (haemorrhage)

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Discharge

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13
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-algia (cephalgia)

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Pain

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