Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

-agon

A

assemble

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2
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-algesia

A

pain sensation

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3
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-algia

A

pain

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4
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-ar

A

pertaining to

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5
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-arche

A

beginning

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6
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-ary

A

pertaining to

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7
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-asthenia

A

weakness

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8
Q

-blast

A

embryonic

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9
Q

-capnia

A

carbon dioxide

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10
Q

-cele

A

hernia

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11
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-centesis

A

puncture to remove (drain)

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12
Q

-chezia

A

defecation

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13
Q

-clast, -clasia, -clasis

A

break

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14
Q

-coccus

A

spherical bacterium

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15
Q

-cyesis

A

pregnancy

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16
Q

-desis

A

fusion

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17
Q

-dilation

A

widening, expanding

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18
Q

-drome

A

run

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19
Q

-dynia

A

pain

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20
Q

-eal

A

pertaining to

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21
Q

-ectasis

A

stretching

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22
Q

-ectomy

A

removal

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23
Q

-edema

A

swelling

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24
Q

-emia

A

blood

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25
Q

-esthesis

A

feeling

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26
Q

-gram

A

record

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27
Q

-graph

A

recording instrument

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28
Q

-graphy

A

recording process

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29
Q

-gravida

A

pregnancy

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30
Q

-ia

A

condition

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31
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-iatrist

A

phys

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32
Q

-iatry

A

medical treatment

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33
Q

-ical

A

pertaining to

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34
Q

-ictal

A

pertaining to

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35
Q

-in

A

a substance

36
Q

-ine

A

a substance

37
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

38
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-listhesis

A

slipping

39
Q

-lithiasis

A

condition of stones

40
Q

-lysis

A

seperation

41
Q

-malacia

A

softening

42
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

43
Q

-meta

A

change

44
Q

-meter

A

measurement; instrument that measures

45
Q

-metry

A

measurement of

46
Q

-oid

A

resembling

47
Q

-oma

A

tumor

48
Q

-omia

A

smell

49
Q

-one

A

hormone

50
Q

-opia

A

vision

51
Q

-opsy

A

view of

52
Q

-orrhexis

A

nurture

53
Q

-osis

A

condition

54
Q

-oxia

A

oxygen

55
Q

-para

A

woman who has given birth

56
Q

-paresis

A
57
Q

-parous

A

to bear

58
Q

-penia

A

deficient

59
Q

-pexy

A

fixation

60
Q

-phagia

A

eating

61
Q

-phonia

A

sound

62
Q

-phylaxis

A

protection

63
Q

-physis

A

to grow

64
Q

-plasty

A

repair

65
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

66
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

67
Q

-poiesis

A

production

68
Q

-poly

A

many

69
Q

-porosis

A

passage

70
Q

-retro

A

behind

71
Q

-rrhagia

A

bursting of blood

72
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

73
Q

-rrhea

A

discharge

74
Q

-schisis

A

split

75
Q

-sclerosis

A

hardening

76
Q

-scopy

A

to examine

77
Q

-thorax

A

chest

78
Q

-tocia

A

labor

79
Q

-tom/o

A

to cut

80
Q

-tome

A

an instrument that cuts

81
Q

-tomy

A

cutting, incision

82
Q

-trispy

A

crush

83
Q

-tropia

A

to turn

84
Q

-tropin

A

act upon

85
Q

-uria

A

urine

86
Q

-version

A

turning