Suffixes Flashcards
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-iatrist
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Specialist in medicine of
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-ist
A
Specialist
3
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-ologist
A
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
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Condition
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-ism
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Condition
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-ium
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Tissue, structure
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-y
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Condition, procedure
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-icle, ole, ule, ula
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Small
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-algia
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Pain
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-dynia
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Pain
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-cele
A
Hernia (a bulging of tissue where it doesn’t belong)
14
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-emia
A
Blood condition
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-iasis
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Presence of
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-itis
A
Inflammation
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-lysis
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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
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Resembling
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-oma
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Tumor
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-osis
A
Condition of
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-pathy
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Disease
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-ptosis
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Drooping
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-rrhage
Excessive flow
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-rrhea
Flow
27
-rrhexis
Rupture
28
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
29
-centesis
Puncture
30
-gram
Record
31
-graph
Instrument used to produce a record
32
-graphy
Process of recording
33
-meter
Instrument used to measure
34
-metry
Process of measuring
35
-scope
Instrument used to look
36
-scopy
Process of looking
37
-desis
Binding, fixation
38
-ectomy
Removal of
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-pexy
Surgical fixation
40
-plasty
Reconstruction
41
-rrhaphy
Suture
42
-stomy
Creation of an opening
43
-tomy
Incision
44
-iatry
Medical science
