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Suffixes Flashcards

1
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-AL

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PERTAINING TO

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-ALGIA

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PAIN

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3
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-ASTHENIA

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Weakness

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4
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-ATRESIA

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WITHOUT AN OPENING

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5
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-CELE

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HERNIA

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6
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-CENTESIS

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PUNCTURING TO ASPIRATE FLUID

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-CIDE
-CIDAL

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KILL

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-CIS

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CUT

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-CYTE

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CELL

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10
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-DESIS

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FUSION

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-DYNIA

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PAIN

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12
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-ECTASIA

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EXPANSION, DILATION

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-ECTOMY

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CUT OUT, EXCISE

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14
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-EDEMA

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SWELLING

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15
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-EMESIS

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VOMITING

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-EMIA

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BLOOD

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17
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-GNOSIS

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KNOWLEGE

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18
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-GRAM

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RECORD, X-RAY

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19
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-GRAPHY

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MAKING A RECORD

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20
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-IASIS

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CONDITION

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21
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-IST

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ONE WHO

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22
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-ITIS

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INFLAMMATION

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23
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-LEPSY

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SEIZURES

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24
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-LOGIST

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ONE WHO SPECIALIZIES

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25
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-LOGY

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STUDY OF

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-LYSIS
-LYTIC

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BREAK DOWN, DISSOLVE

27
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-MALACIA

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ABNORMAL SOFENING

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-MANIA

29
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-MEGALY

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ENLARGEMENT

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-METER

31
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-OID

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RESEMBLING

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-OMA

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-OPIA

34
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-OSIS

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ABNORMAL CONDITION

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-OSTOMY

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CREATION OF AN OPENING

36
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-OTIA

37
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-PATHY

38
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-PENIA

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DEFICIENCY, POOR

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-PEPSIA

40
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-PEXY

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SURGICAL FIXATION

41
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-PHASIA

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SPEAK, SAY

42
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-PHILIA

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LOVE, ATTRACTION

43
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-PHOBIA

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ABNORMAL FEAR

44
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-PLASIA

45
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-PLASM

46
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-PLASTY

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MAKE, SHAPE

47
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-P;EGIA

48
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-PNEA

49
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-PTOSIS

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PORLAPSE, DROOPING

50
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-RRAGIA

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BURST FORTH

51
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-RRAPHY

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SUTURE, SEW

52
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-RRHEA

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FLOW, DISCHARGE

53
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-RRHEXIA

54
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-SCOPE

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INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING

55
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-SCOPY

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VISUALIZATION

56
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-SOME
-SOMA

57
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-SPASM

58
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-STASIS

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STOP, CONTROL

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-THERAPY

60
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-TOME

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INSTRUMENT TO CUT

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-TOMY

62
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-TRIPSY

63
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-TROPHY

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DEVELOPMENT

64
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-URIA

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