Suffixes Flashcards by Sara Kirkwood

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-algia

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Pain

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-Y

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Condition or process

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-toxic

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Poison

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-phobia

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Fear

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction, twitching

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-tic

A

Pertaining to

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Instrument for measuring

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-meter

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Instrument for examining

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-scope

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Excision or removal

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-ectomy

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Separation, destruction, loosening

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-lysis

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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Pain

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-dynia or -algia

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Instrument for recording

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-graph

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Disease

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-pathy

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Forming an opening

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-stomy

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-ician

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Specialist

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Act of measuring

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-metry

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Forming, producing, origin

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-gen

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Abnormal condition of hardening

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-scerlosis

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-lith

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Stone, calculus

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Decrease, deficiency

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-penia

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Small/minute

-icle

-emesis

Vomiting

-ist

Specialist

-ule

Small/minute

Medicine/treatment

-iatry

Softening

-malacia

-ole

Small/minute

Prolapse, downward displacement

-ptosis

Crushing

-tripsy

Suture

-rrhaphy

Surgical puncture

-centesis

To break, surgical fracture

-clasis

Binding, fixation (of bone or joint)

-desis

Fixation of an organ

-pexy

Instrument to cut

-tome

Tumor

-oma

Forming, producing, origin

-genesis

-ism

Condition (noun)

-ectasis

Dilation or expansion

-plasm

Formation of growth or tissue

-esis

Condition (noun)

Visual examination

-scopy

Abnormal condition produced by something specific

-iasis

-ar

Pertaining to

Surgical repair

-plasty

Swelling

-edema

-cele

Hernia, swelling

Eating or swallowing

-phagia

Formation or growth

-plasia

Narrowing/ stricture

-stenosis

Rupture

-rrhexis

-ia

Condition (noun)

Record, writing

-gram

Bursting forth

-rrhage or -rrhagia

Process of recording

-graphy

-ous

Pertaining to

-ic

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

Discharge or flow

-rrhea

Paralysis

-plegia

Abnormal condition;process

-osis

Study of

-ology

-ac

Pertaining to

Speech

-phasia

Enlargement

-megaly

-ical

Pertaining to

Nourishment or development

-trophy

Blood condition

-emia

Incision

-tomy

Knowing

-gnosis