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Suffixes Flashcards

1
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-coccus

A

Spherical bacterium

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-ia

A

Condition

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-ectomy

A

Removal

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4
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-malacia

A

Softening

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5
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-tome

A

An instrument to cut

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-tomy

A

To cut

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-rrhea

A

Discharge

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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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9
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-opsy

A

View of

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10
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-asthenia

A

Weakness

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11
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-blast

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Embryonic

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12
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-clast

A

Break

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13
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-desis

A

Bind together

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-physis

A

To grow

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15
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-porosis

A

Passage

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16
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-schisis

A

Split

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17
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-stenosis

A

Narrowing

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18
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-algia

A

Pain

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19
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-ar

A

Pertaining to

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20
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-capnia

A

Carbon dioxide

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21
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-centesis

A

Puncture to remove

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22
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-eal

A

Pertaining to

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23
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-ectasia

A

Stretching

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-emia

A

Blood

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25
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-gram

A

Record

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26
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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-meter

A

Measurement instrument

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28
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-osmia

A

Smell

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29
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-oxia

A

Oxygen

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30
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-phonia

A

Sound

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31
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Pnea

A

Breathing

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32
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-ptysis

A

Spitting

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33
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-rrhage

A

Excessive flow

34
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-spasm

A

Muscle contraction

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-sphyxia

36
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-thorax

37
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-dialation

38
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-emia

39
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-lysis

A

Separation

40
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-megaly

A

Enlargement

41
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-oma

42
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-osis

43
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-sclerosis

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-stenosis

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-arche

46
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-cyesis

47
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Gravida

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-rrhexis

49
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-para

A

Woman who has given birth

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-parous

51
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-rrhea

52
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-salpinx

A

Uterine tube

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-tocia

54
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-one

55
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-pexy

56
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-ectomy

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-stomy

A

New opening

58
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Eal

A

Pertaining to

59
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Lithiasis

A

Condition of stones

60
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Lysis

A

Separation

61
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Plasty

62
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Tripsy

63
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-ase

64
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-cele

65
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-lasis

A

Abnormal condition

66
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-phagia

67
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-prandial

68
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Edema

69
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Itis

A

Inflammation

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Megaly

A

Enlargement

71
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Old

A

Resembling

72
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Oma

73
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Pnea

74
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Pexy

75
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Poiesis

A

Production

76
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Agon

77
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Drome

A

Run, to speed

78
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-in/e

A

A substance

79
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Uria

80
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Algesia, Algia

81
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Esthesia

82
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-iatry

A

Medical treatment

Common Medical Terminology (30 decks)

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