suffixes Flashcards by Jack Farron | Brainscape

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pain

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-algia, -dynia

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cell

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-cyte

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surgical removal; excision

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-ectomy

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vomiting

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-emesis

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producing; produced by

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-genic

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knowledge

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-gnosis

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record (written record or image)

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-gram

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instrument used to record

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-graph

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process of recording; process of producing images

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-graphy

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inflammation

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-itis

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study of

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-logy

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specialist; one who studies

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-logist

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softening

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-malacia

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enlargement

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-megaly

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mass; tumor

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-oma

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abnormal condition

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-osis

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disease

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-pathy

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fear

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-phobia

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surgical reconstruction

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-p[lasty

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drooping; sagging

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-ptosis

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spitting

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-ptysis

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bursting forth

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-rrhage; -rrhagia

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to suture; sew

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-rrhaphy

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flow; discharge

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-rrhea

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rupture

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-rrhexis

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hardening

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-sclerosis

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instrument used to view inside a body cavity or organ

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-scope

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the process of viewing inside a body cavity or organ

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-scopy

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sudden involuntary muscle contraction

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-spasm

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stable; stopping; controlling

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-stasis

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narrowing

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-stenosis

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surgical creation of a new opening

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-stomy

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to cut; incision

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-tomy

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growth; nourishment

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-trophy

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surgical puncture (as of a tumor or membrane)

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-centesis

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specialist in field of study

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-ist, -ian, -ician

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condition of

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-ia, -ism, -sis

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pertaining to

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-ic, -ac, -al, -ary, -ous,-ary

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breathing

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-pnea

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urine, urination

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-uria

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process

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-ion

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pertaining to

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-al, -tic, -ic, -ar, -ous

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to view

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-opsy

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development, formation

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-plasia, -plasm

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produced by

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-genous

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structure

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-um

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turning

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-verso

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condition, process

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-y

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death

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-mortem

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delivery, labor, childbirth

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-partum

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run

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-drome