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Suffixes Flashcards

1
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  • ap

- aph

A

Touch

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2
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  • ary

- arium

A

Place for something

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3
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-ase

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Enzyme

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4
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  • blast

- sprout

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Germ/Bud

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5
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  • cell

- chamber

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Small room

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6
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-chrom

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Colour

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7
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-chym

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Juice

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8
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  • cid

- cis

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Cut/Kill/Fall

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9
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  • cul

- cule

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Small/Diminutive

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10
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  • cyst

- sac

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Pouch/Bladder

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11
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  • cyte

- cell

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Hollow container

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12
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-duct

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Lead

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13
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-elle

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Small

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14
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-emia

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Blood

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15
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-en

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Made of

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16
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-eous

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Nature of/Like

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17
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-err

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Wander/Go astray

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18
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-fer

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Carry/Produce/Bear

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19
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Fid-

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Divided into

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20
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  • flect

- flex

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Bend

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21
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-gam

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Marriage

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22
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-gene

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Origin/Birth

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23
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-gest

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Carry/Produce/Bear

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24
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-glen

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Eyeball

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25
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-glob

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Round/Ball

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26
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-gon

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Angle/Corner

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27
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  • hal

- hale

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Breathe/Breath

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28
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-helminth

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Worm

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29
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-iac

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Person afflicted with a disease

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30
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-iasis

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Disease/Abnormal condition

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31
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-ism

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A state or condition

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32
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-itis

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Inflammation/Disease

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33
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-ium

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Part of the body

34
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-kary

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Cell nucleus

35
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-less

36
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-Log

A

Word/Speech

37
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-logist

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One who studies

38
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-logy

A

Study of…

39
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  • lys
  • lyt
  • lyst
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Decompose/Split/Dissolve

40
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-mer

41
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  • meter

- metry

A

Measurement

42
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-mot

43
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-ner

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Moist/Liquid

44
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-node

45
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  • nom

- nomy

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Ordered knowledge/Law

46
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-oid

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Form/Appearance

47
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-oma

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Abnormal condition/Tumour

48
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  • orium

- ory

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Place for something

49
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-osis

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Abnormal condition

50
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-pathy

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Disease/Suffering

51
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-ped

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Foot/Child

52
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-phil

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Loving/Fond of

53
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-phone

54
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  • phore

- pher

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Bear/Carry

55
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-phyll

56
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-phyte

57
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-plast

58
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-pod

59
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-rrhage

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Burst Forth

60
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-rrhea

61
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-scop

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Look/Device for seeing

62
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-septice

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Infection/Putrefaction

63
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-sis

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Condition/State

64
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-sperm

65
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-spher

66
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-spire

67
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-spore

68
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-stasis

69
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-stome

70
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  • the

- thes

71
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-thel

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Cover a surface

72
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-therm

73
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-tom

74
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-trop

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Turn/Change

75
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-troph

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Nourishment/One who feeds

76
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  • ule

- ul

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Diminutive/Small

77
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-ura

78
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-verge

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Turn/Slant

79
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-vor

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Devour/Eat

80
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-zoa

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