Suffixes Flashcards by kayla mills

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-algia

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Pain in certain part

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-aps, apt

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Fit, fasten

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-arche

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Beginning

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-ase

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Signifies an enzyme

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-asthen

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Weakness

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-blast

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Sprout, make

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-bryo

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Swollen

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-centesis

A

A piercing

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-cide

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Kill

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-clast

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Break, destroy

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-crine

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Release, secrete

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Dips

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Thrist, dry

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-ectomy

A

Cutting out

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-Emia

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Blood condition

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-flux

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Flow

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-gen

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Creates, forms

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-genesis

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Creation, production

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-glea, glia

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Glue

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-gram

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Something written

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-graphy

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To write, draw

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-hydrate

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Contains water

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-ia, is

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Condition, process

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-in

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Signifies a protein

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-ism

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Condition of

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-itis

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Imflammation of

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-lemma

A

Rind, peel, sheath

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-lepsy

A

Seizure

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-lith

A

Stone, rock

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-logy

A

Study of

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-lunar

A

Moon, moonlike

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-malacia

A

Softening

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-mania

A

Obsession, compulsion

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-metric

A

Measurement, length

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-old

A

Like, in the the shape of

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-Oma

A

Tumor

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-opia

A

Vision

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-oscopy

A

Viewing

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-ose

A

Carbohydrate

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-osis

A

Condition, process

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-ostomy

A

Formation of an opening

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-otomy

A

Cut

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-penia

A

Lack

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-phasia

A

Speech

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-philic

A

Love

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-phobia

A

Fear

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-phragm

A

Partition

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-plasia

A

Growth, formation

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-plasm

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Substance, matter

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-plasty

A

Shape, make

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-plagia

A

Paralysis

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-pnea

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Breath, breathing

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-rrhage

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Breaking out, discharge

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-rrhea

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Flow

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-some

A

Body

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-stomy

A

Artificial opening

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-tension

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Pressure

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Tonic

A

Pressure, tension

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Tripsy

A

Crushing

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-ule

A

Small, little

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-uria

A

Urine condition

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-zyme

A

Ferment