Suffixes Flashcards by Raegan Coughenour | Brainscape

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-centesis

A

Puncture

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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-oid

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Resembling

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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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-ist

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Specialist

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-tomy

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Surgical incision

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-desis

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Binding, fixation

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-scopy

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Process of looking

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-gram

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Written record

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-meter

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Instrument used to measure

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-scope

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Instrument used to look

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-rrhea

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Flow

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-rrhage

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Excessive flow

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-pathy

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Disease

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-osis

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Condition

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-oma

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Tumor

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-lysis

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Breakdown, loosen

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-cele

A

Hernia

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-algia, -dynia

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Pain

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-logy

A

Study of

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-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula

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Small

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-ia, -ism

A

Condition

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

A

Pertaining to

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-physis

A

Growth

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-stomy

A

Creation of an opening

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-rrhaphy

A

Suture

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-plasty

A

Reconstruction

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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

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-metry

A

Process of measuring

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-graphy

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Writing procedure

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-graph

A

Instrument used to produce a record

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-rrhexis

A

Rupture

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-iasis

A

Presence of

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-iatrist

A

Specialist in medicine of

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-iatrics, -iatry

A

Medical science

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-y

A

Condition, procedure

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-ium

A

Tissue, structure

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-pnea

A

Breathing