Suffixes Flashcards

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-iatrist

A

Specialist in medicine of

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-ist

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Specialist

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-ologist

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Specialist in the study of

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-ology

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Study of

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

A

Pertaining to

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-ia

A

Condition

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-ism

A

Condition

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8
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-ium

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Tissue, structure

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-y

A

Condition, procedure

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10
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-icle, ole, ule, ula

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Small

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11
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-algia

A

Pain

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12
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-dynia

A

Pain

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13
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-cele

A

Hernia (a bulging of tissue where it doesn’t belong)

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-iasis

A

Presence of

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16
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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lysis

A

Destroy, loosen, break down

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oid

A

Resembling

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-oma

A

Tumor

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-osis

A

Condition of

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-pathy

A

Disease

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhage

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Excessive flow

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-rrhea

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Flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-spasm

A

Involuntary contraction

29
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-centesis

A

Puncture

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-gram

A

Record

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-graph

A

Instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

A

Process of recording

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-meter

A

Instrument used to measure

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-metry

A

Process of measuring

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-scope

A

Instrument used to look

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-scopy

A

Process of looking

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-desis

A

Binding, fixation

38
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-ectomy

A

Removal of

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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

43
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-tomy

A

Incision

44
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-iatry

A

Medical science