Suffixes Flashcards by Juliana Lovas

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic

A

pertaining to

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-ia
-ism

A

condition

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-ium

A

tissue, structure

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-y

A

condition, procedure, process

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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule

A

small

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-iatrics
-iatry

A

medical science

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-iatrist

A

specialist in medicine of

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-ist

A

specialist

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-logist

A

specialist in the study of

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-logy

A

study of

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-centesis

A

puncture

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-gram

A

written record

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-graph

A

instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-meter

A

instrument used to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-scope

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instrument used to look

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-scopy

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process of looking

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-algia
-dynia

A

pain

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-cele

A

hernia(bulging of tissue where it shouldn’t be)

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-iasis

A

presence of

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-lysis

A

loosen, break down

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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

A

tumor

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-osis

A

condition

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-ptosis

A

drooping

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-rrhage
-rrhagia

A

excessive flow

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-rrhea

A

flow

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

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-desis

A

binding, fixation

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-ectomy

A

removal

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasty

A

reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-stomy

A

creation of an opening

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-tomy

A

incision