suffixes Flashcards by Kalin Yuen

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-blast

A

embryonic cell

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-clasia, -clasis, -clast

A

to break

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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-malacia

A

softening

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-physis

A

to grow

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-porosis

A

pore, passage

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-desis

A

to bind, tie together

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-stenosis

A

narrowing

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-asthenia

A

weakness

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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-phrenia

A

the mind

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-phasia

A

speech

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-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

A

movement

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-praxia

A

action

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-sthenia

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strength

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-algia

A

pain

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-algesia

A

excessive sensitivity to pain

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-esthesia

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feeling, nervous sensation

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-ictal, -lepsy

A

seizure

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-paresis

A

partial or incomplete paralysis

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-opia, -opsia

A

vision

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-ecstasia, -ecstasis

A

dilation, stretching

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-malacia

A

softening

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-lysis

A

destruction, breakdown, separation

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-phobia

A

abnormal fear, aversion to, sensitivity to

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-ptosis

A

prolapse, drooping, sagging

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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-spasm

A

involuntary movement

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-trophia

A

to turn

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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

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-metry

A

measurement of

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-acousis, -acusis,

A

hearing

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-otia

A

ear condition

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-algia

A

pain

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-ectomy

A

excision, surgical removal

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-stomy

A

surgical opening

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-in, -ine

A

a substance

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-tropin

A

stimulating the function of

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-agon

A

assemble, gather

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-uria

A

urine condition

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-penia

A

deficiency