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Suffixes Flashcards

1
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-ac

A

Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-ent

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Pertaining to

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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9
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-ine

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Pertaining to

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10
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-ous

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Pertaining to

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11
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-tic

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Pertaining to

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12
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-crine
( body structure and function)

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Secretion

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13
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-dipsia
(body structure and function)

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Thirst

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14
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-gen
( body structure and function)

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To produce

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15
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-is
( body structure and function)

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Structure

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16
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-lapse
(Calapse)
(Body structure and function)

A

To fall, slide

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17
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-partum
(Postpartum : after ____)

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Birth

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18
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-phagia
(Body structure and function)

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To eat, swallow

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19
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-phasia
(Body structure and function)

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To speak

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20
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-plasm
(Cytoplasm)
(Body structure and function)

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Formation

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21
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-stasis
(Homeostasis)
(Body structure and function)

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To stand, place, stop, control

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22
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-tension
(Hypertension: high blood ____)

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Pressure

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23
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-trophy
(Body structure and function)

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Nourishment, development

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24
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-um
(Sternum)
(Body structure and function)

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Structure, membrane

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25
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-algia
(Conditions and diseases)

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Pain

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26
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-ation
(Conditions and diseases)

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Process, condition

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27
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-cele
(Conditions and disease)

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Herniation

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28
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-emia
(Hypoglycemia: low ______)
(Condition and diseases)

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Blood condition

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29
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-ia
(Pneumonia / bradycardia)
(Conditions and diseases)

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Diseased or abnormal condition

30
Q

-ism
(Conditions and diseases)

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Condition, process

31
Q

-itis
(Appendicitis, cystitis, valvitis, phlebitis)
(Conditons and diseases)

A

Inflammation

32
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-lysis
(Condition and diseases)

A

Loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction

33
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-malacia
(Conditions and diseases)

A

Softening
(Chrondomalacia= cartilage softening)

34
Q

-megaly
(Think of prefix megal-)
(condition and diseases)

A

Enlargement
(Cardiomegaly= heart enlargement)

35
Q

-oma
(Myeloma)
(Conditions and diseases)

A

Tumor, mass
(Myeloma= bone marrow mass)

36
Q

-osis
(Condition and diseases)

A

Abnormal condition

37
Q

-pathy

A

Disease condition

38
Q

-plegia
(Iridoplegia)
(Conditions and diseases)

A

Paralysis
(Iridoplegia= iris paralysis)

39
Q

-pnea
(Dyspnea= painful _____)
(Conditions and diseases)

A

Breathing

40
Q

-rrhagia
(Rhinorrhagia)
(Conditions and diseases)

A

Rapid flow of blood
(Rhinorrhagia= rapid flow of the blood to the nose)

41
Q

-rrhea
(Dysmenorrhea= painful menstruational _____)
(Condition and diseases)

A

Flow discharge

42
Q

-sclerosis
(Conditions and diseases)

A

Abnormal condition of hardening

43
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-stenosis
(Tracheostenosis)

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Abnormal condition of narrowing
(Tracheostenosis= abnormal trachea narrowing)

44
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-thesis
(Conditions and diseases)

A

To put, place (state of putting or placing)

45
Q

-uria
(Glycosuria)
(Coditons and diseases)

A

Urine condition
(Glycosuria= sugar urine condition)

46
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-y
(Conditions and diseases)

A

Process of, condtion

47
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-graph
(Electrocardiograph)
(Instruments/recording)

A

Instrument to record

48
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-gram
(Electrocardiograph)
(Instrument/recording)

A

Record or recording

49
Q

-meter
(Instrument/recording)

A

Instrument to measure

50
Q

-scope
(Telescope, microscope)
(Instrument/recording)

A

Instrument to view

51
Q

-icle

A

Small or tiny structure

52
Q

-ole

A

Small or tiny structure

53
Q

-ule
(Minuscule)

A

Small or tiny structure

54
Q

-cision
(incision)
(Procedures)

A

Process of cutting

55
Q

-centesis
(Abdomenocentesis)
(Process)

A

Surgical puncture and aspiration of fluid
(Abdomenocentesis= abdomen surgical puncture)

56
Q

-ectomy
(Gingivectomy)
(Procedures)

A

Surgical removal, excision, resection
(Gingivectomy= gum removal)

57
Q

-graphy
(Cardiography, telegraphy, angiography)
(Process)

A

Process of recoding
(Angiography= process of recording a blood vessel)

58
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-metry
(Geometry)
(Process)

A

Process of measuring
(Geometry= to measure the world)

59
Q

-opsy
(Biopsy, colonoscopy)
(Process)

A

Process of viewing

60
Q

-pexy
(Process)

A

Surgical fixation

61
Q

-plasty
(Rhinoplasty)
(Process)

A

Surgical repair
(Rhinoplasty= surgical repair of the nose)

62
Q

-rrhaphy
(Enterorrhaphy)
(Process)

A

Suture repair
(Enterrorhaphy= small intestine suture repair)

63
Q

-scopic
(Microscopic)
(Procedure)

A

Pertaining to visual examination

64
Q

-scopy
(Coloscopy)
(Process)

A

Process of visual examination
(Coloscopy- visual examination of the colon)

65
Q

-section
(Process)

A

To cut

66
Q

-stomy
(Colostomy)
(Process)

A

Surgical creation of artificial opening
(Coloscopy- surgical creation of the colon)

67
Q

-tripsy
(Process)

A

Cushing

68
Q

-ist
(Psychiatrist, Biologist)
(Specialty)

A

One who specializes in

69
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-logist
(Psychlogist, Dermatologist)
(Specialty)

A

One who specializes in the study of
(Dermatologist= one who specializes in the study of the skin)

70
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-logy
(Biology, Pharmacology, Pathology)
(Specialty))

A

Study of

71
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-ad
(Process)

A

Toward

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