Suffixes Flashcards by Sarah Attar

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-agon

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assemble

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-algesia

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pain sensation

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-algia

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pain

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-arche

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beginning

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-blast

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embryonic

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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puncture to remove (drain)

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-chezia

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defecation

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-clast, -clasia, -clasis

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break

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-coccus

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spherical bacterium

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-desis

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fusion

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-dilation

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widening, expanding

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-drome

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run

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-dynia

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pain

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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stretching

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-ectomy

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removal

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-edema

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swelling

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-emia

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blood

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-esthesis

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feeling

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-gram

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record

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-graph

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recording instrument

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-graphy

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recording process

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-gravida

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pregnancy

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-ia

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condition

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-iatrist

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phys

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-iatry

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medical treatment

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-ical

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pertaining to

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-ictal

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pertaining to

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-in

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a substance

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-ine

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a substance

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-itis

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inflammation

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-listhesis

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slipping

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-lithiasis

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condition of stones

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-lysis

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seperation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meta

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change

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-meter

A

measurement; instrument that measures

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-metry

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measurement of

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

A

tumor

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-omia

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smell

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-one

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hormone

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-opia

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vision

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-opsy

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view of

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-orrhexis

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nurture

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-osis

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condition

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-para

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woman who has given birth

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-paresis

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-parous

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to bear

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-penia

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deficient

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-pexy

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fixation

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-phagia

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eating

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-phonia

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sound

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-physis

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to grow

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-plasty

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repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-poiesis

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production

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-poly

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many

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-porosis

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passage

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-retro

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behind

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-rrhagia

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bursting of blood

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-schisis

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split

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scopy

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to examine

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-thorax

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chest

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-tocia

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labor

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-tom/o

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to cut

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-tome

A

an instrument that cuts

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-tomy

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cutting, incision

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-trispy

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crush

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-tropia

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to turn

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-tropin

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act upon

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-uria

A

urine

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-version

A

turning