Suffixes! Flashcards

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1
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Pertaining to

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-al, -ac, -ic

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2
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Pain

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-algia

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Fit, Fasten

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-aps, -apt

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Beginning, Origin

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-arche

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5
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Signifies an Enzyme

A

-ase

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Sprout, Make

A

-blast

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A Piercing

A

-centesis

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To Kill

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-cide

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Break, Destroy

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-clast

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Release, Secrete

A

-crine

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A Cutting Out

A

-ectomy

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12
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Refers to Blood Condition

A

-emia

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13
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Vomiting

A

-emesis

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14
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Creates, Forms

A

-gen

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Creation, Production

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-genesis

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Something Written (itself)

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-gram

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To Write, Draw (device)

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-graph

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To Write, Draw (process)

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-graphy

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Conatining water

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-hydrate

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Condition, Process

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-ia, -sia, -osis

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21
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Abnormal Condition

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-iasis

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22
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Signifies a protein

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-in

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Signifies “Condition of”

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-ism

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Signifies “Inflammation of”

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-itis

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Rind, Covering

A

-lemma

26
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Seizure

A

-lepsy

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Stone, Rock

A

-lith

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Study of

A

-logy

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Moon, Moonlike

A

-lunar

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Softening

A

-malacia

31
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Enlargement

A

-megaly

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Measurement, Length

A

-metric, -metry

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Like, in Shape of

A

–oid

34
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Tumor

A

-oma

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Vision, Vision Condition

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-opia

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Signifies a Carbohydrate

A

-ose

37
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Viewing

A

-oscopy

38
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Formation of an Opening

A

-ostomy

39
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Cut

A

-otomy

40
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Loving

A

-philic

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Lack

A

-penia

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Fearing

A

-phobic

43
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Partition

A

-phragm

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Growth, Formation

A

-plastia

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Substance, Matter

A

-plasm

46
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Shape, Make

A

-plasty

47
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Paralysis

A

-plegia

48
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Breath, Breathing

A

-pnea

49
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Breaking out, Discharge

A

-(r)rhage, -(r)rhagia

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Sew, Suture

A

-(r)rhaphy

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Flow

A

-(r)rhea, -flux

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Body

A

-some

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Pressure

A

-tensin, -tension, -tonic

54
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Crushing

A

-tripsy

55
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Small, Little

A

-ule

56
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Refers to Urine Condition

A

-uria