Suffixes Flashcards by Nichole Tuszynski

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-kinesia

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movement/motion

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-kinesis

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movement/motion

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-logist

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specialist

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying

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-lytic*

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pertaining to destruction

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-malacia

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softening

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-mania

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preoccupation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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instrument to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-opia

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vision

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-ose

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sugar

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-osis

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condition (abnormal; proliferation or an increased number of)

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-ous

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pertaining to/characterized by

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-pathy

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disease or abnormality

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-penia

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deficiency

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-phagia

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eating/swallowing

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-gic

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eating/swallowing

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-gy

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eating/swallowing

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-phagia/-gic/-gy

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eating/swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-phobia

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abnormal fear

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis or a stroke

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-rrhage

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excessive flow or discarge

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-rrhagia

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excessive flow or discharge

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-rrhage/-rrhagia

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excessive flow or discharge

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scopy

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examination with an instrument

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-spasm

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twitching

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-stasis

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stopping

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-stomy

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forming of an opening

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-tome

A

instrument for cutting

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-tomy

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incision (cutting into)

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-tripsy

A

surgical crushing

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-trophic*/-trophy

A

nutrition

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-trophic*

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nutrition

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-trophy

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nutrition

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-able/-ible

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capable of

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-able

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capable of

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-ible

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capable of

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-ac/-al/-an/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ic/-ive/-tic

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pertaining to [characterized by]

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-an

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ive

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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-algia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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procedure to aspirate fluid

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-ectasia/-ectasis

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dilation

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-ectomy

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excesion orremoval

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-edema

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swelling

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood

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-genic/-genesis

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beginning/producing

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-genic

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beginning/producing

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-genesis

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beginning/producing

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-gram

A

record

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia/-iasis

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condition

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-ism

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condition

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-ist

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one who

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ia

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condition

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-iasis

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condition