Suffixes Flashcards by Brittany Micah

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-centesis

A

puncture and aspiration of

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal

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-ostomy

A

forming an opening

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-otome

A

instrument to cut

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-otomy

A

incision, to cut into

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-desis

A

binding, fixation

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-clasis

A

break, fracture

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-lysis

A

destruction, loosening

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-tripsy

A

crushing

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-scopic

A

pertaining to visually examining

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stasis

- stat

A

standing still

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-ia

A

state, condition

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-ist

A

specialist

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al
ac
ar
ary
eal
ose
tic
ic
atic
ous

A

pertaining to

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-logist

A

one who studies

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-logy

A

study of

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-manometer

A

instrument to measure pressure

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ole

- ule

A

small

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-tension

A

pressure

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-tonic

A

pertaining to tone

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-gram

A

record

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-lytic

A

destruction

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-megaly

A

enlarged

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-oma

A

growth, swelling, tumor

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-pathy

A

disease

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-scope

A

instrument for viewing

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-spasm

A

involuntary muscle contraction

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-stenosis

A

narrowing

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-apheresis

A

removal, carry away

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-crit

A

separation of

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-cyte

A

cell

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-cytosis

A

more than the normal number of cells

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-emia

A

blood condition

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globin

- globulin

A

protein

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-ion

A

action

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-penia

A

too few

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-phil

A

attracted to

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-plastic

A

pertaining to development

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-rrhage

A

abnormal flow

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-rrhagic

A

pertaining to abnormal flow

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-edema

A

swelling

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-genic

A

producing

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iasis

- osis

A

abnormal condition

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-therapy

A

treatment