Suffixes Flashcards

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-ac

A

pertaining to

Ex: Cadiac - pertaining to the heart

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2
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-algia

A

pain

Ex: fibermyalgia

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3
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-cele

A

hernia

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4
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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

Ex: paracentesis (puncture of the body cavity for the removal of fluid

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5
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-clysis

A

washing, irrigarion

Ex: enteroclysis - enema of the intestines

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6
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-cyte

A

cell

Ex: hematocyte - any blood cell

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7
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-ectasia

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dilation, stretching

Ex: gastrectasia - dilation of the stomach

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-emesis

A

vomiting

Ex: hyperemesis - excessive vomiting

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9
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-emia

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denoting a condition of blood

Ex: glycemia - sugar in the blood

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10
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-ectomy

A

excision (cutting out)

Ex: tonsillectomy - cutting out of the tonsils

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-genesis

A

condition of producing

Ex: carcinogenesis - the origin of the production of cancer

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12
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-itis

A

inflammation

Ex: dermatitis - inflammation of the skin

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13
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-lith

A

stone

Ex: nephrolith ( kidney stone)

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14
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-lysis

A

breakdown

Ex: hemolysis - destruction of red blood cells

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15
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-malasia

A

softening

Ex: osteomalasia - softening of the bones

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16
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-megaly

A

enlargement

Ex: cardiomegaly - enlargement of the heart

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-odynia

A

painful condition

Ex: cardiodynia ( pain in the heart)

18
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-oma

A

tumor

Ex: carcinoma - malignat tumor

19
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-opsy

A

vision

Ex: biopsy - excision of a small piece of living tussue

20
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-orexia

A

appeitite, desire

Ex: anorexia

21
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-orrhera

A

flow, discharge

Ex: gastrorrhea - excessive secretion of gastric juices

22
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-ostomy

A

to make a new opening

Ex: colostomy - the establishment of an atrifical anus

23
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-otomy

A

incision to cut into -

Ex: nephrotomy - incision into the kidney

24
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-path

A

morbid, diseased

Ex: sociopath - person who feels no remorse of guilt about behaving badly in social inappropriate ways

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-pathy
disease | Ex: neuropathy - any nerve disease
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--penia
deficiency - | Ex: leukopenia - situation where the total number of white boodcells is less than normal
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-pepsia
digestion | Ex: dyspepsia - upset stomach
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-pexy
fixation, to put into place | Ex: nephropexy - surgical attachment of a floating kidney
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-phobia
fear | Ex: claustrophobia - fear of being in a closed small space
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-pnea
breath | Ex: polypena - very rapid breathing
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-rhythmia
rhythmical | Ex: arrhythmia - any variation the of a normal heart beat
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-sclerosis
hardening - | Ex: arteriosclerosis - Harding of the arteries
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-spasm
sudden violent involuntary contraction of the muscles
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-stasis
arrest, control | Ex: cholestasia - an arrest in the flow of bile from the liver
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-taxis
order, arrangement | Ex: thermotaxis - regulation of the temperature of the body
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-tripsy
crushing Ex: lithotripsy - crushing of a stone in the kidney by a machine that uses sound waves to break up the stone so that it can be passed in the urine
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-trophy
development, nourishment | Ex: hypertrophy --overgrowth or increase in the bulk of a body part or organ
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-uria
urine | albuminuria- presence of protein in the urine