Suffixes Flashcards
(113 cards)
1
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algia
A
pain
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asthenia
A
weakness
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desis
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binding, fusion
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dynia
A
pain
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esthesia
A
sensation
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kinesia, kinesis
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Movement
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phonia
A
Sound
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phoria
A
feeling, carrying
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cele
A
hernia
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cytosis
A
Condition of cells
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ectasia, ectasis
A
Expansion, dilation
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edema
A
Swelling
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ema
A
Condition
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Emesis
A
Vomiting
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iasis
A
Pathological condition or state, presence of
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ism
A
condition, disease
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itis, plural ites
A
Inflammation
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lepsy
A
Seizures
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leptic
A
Pertaining to seizures
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lithiasis
A
presence of stones
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mania
A
obsession, mania
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megaly
A
enlargement
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oma (plural, omae)
A
tumor, neoplasm
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opia, opsia
A
Vision
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osis (pl. oses)
condition, state, process
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paresis
slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling
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pathy
Abnormal condition, disease process
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penia
Deficiency, small, fewer
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philia
Attraction, affinity for
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Phrenia
Of the mind
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Phthisis
Wasting away
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physis
growing
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pelgia
Paralysis
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plegic
Pertaining to paralysis
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ptosis
Falling down, drooping
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rrhea
To flow or discharge
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rrhagia
Excessive bleeding (amount and/or frequency)
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rrhexis
rupture
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trophic
Pertaining to nutrition
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trophy
nutrition
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blast
immature, forming
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Cidal, cide
Destroying, killing
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crine
Secreting
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Malacia
Softening
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Para
Bearing, given birth
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parous
Bearing, producing offspring
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Pepsia
Digestion
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Phage, phagia
Eating, devouring
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Phasia
Speaking
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Phoresis
Carrying
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Plasia
Formation, development, growth
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Plastic
Forming
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Pnea
Breath
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Poiesis
Production, formation
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Poietic
Pertaining to production
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Poietin
Substance that produces
57
Porosis
Lessening in density
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schisis
Splitting
59
somnia
Sleep
60
Spasm
Contraction
61
Stalsis
Contraction
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stasis
Stopping, constant, static
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stenosis
Narrowing
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cyte
Cell
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derma
Skin
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emia
Blood
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emic
Relating to blood
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globin, globulin
Protein
69
Oxia
Oxygen
70
Plakia
Plaque
71
Plasm, plasia
Thing formed, growth
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Uria
Urine
73
Centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
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Ectomy
Removal of part or all of an organ or body part
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Lysis
Destruction of
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Lytic
Pertaining to destruction
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Pexy
Fixation, usually done surgically
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Plasty
Surgical repair
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rrhaphy
Surgical suturing
80
static, stasis
Maintaining a state
81
stomy
Opening
82
Tome
Cutting instrument, segment
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tomy
Cutting operation, incision
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Tripsy
Crushing
85
Crit
Separate
86
gen
Producer
87
genesis
Origin
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Genic
Produced by
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gram
A recording
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Graph
Recording instrument
91
Graphy
Process of recording
92
Meter
Measuring device
93
Metry
Measurement
94
Opsy
View of
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Pheresis
Removal
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Phil
Attraction, affinity for
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Scope
Instrument for visual examination
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scopy
Use of an instrument for viewing
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ad
Toward
100
Clast, clasis
Break, fracture
101
form
in the shape of
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ic
Pertaining to
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Ics
Treatment, practice, body of knowledge
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Logist
One who studies
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Logy
Study, practice
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oid
Like, resembling
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phylaxis
Protection, prevention
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Plegic
Pertaining to paralysis
109
stat
Agent to maintain a state of equilibrium
110
Tropia
Turning
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Tropic
Turning toward
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tropy
Attracted to target structures
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Version
Turning
