Suffixes Flashcards by Evelyn Gonzalez | Brainscape

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-log, -logo

A

speech or words

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-lys, -lyso

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dissolving, loosing

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-mania

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abnormal love for, morbid impulse

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-megaly

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large, enlraged

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma, -omata

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tumor or neoplasm or a mass

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-opia, -opsia

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vision, eye

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-ose

A

sugar

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-oses, -osis, -otic

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procees, state or condition, usually abnormal

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-ostomy

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artificial or surgical opening

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-otomy

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opening

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-ous

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full of, abounding with

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-tomy

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opening

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-penia, pnea

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deficiency, breathing

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-pexy

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fixation, usually surgical

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-phage, -phagia, -phago, -phagy

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eating, devouring

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-phil, -phile, -philia, -philic

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affinity for, craving for, fondness

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-phobia

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fear

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-phrenia

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mind

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-plasia

A

formation

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-plasty

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molding or shaping a defect to restore form and function

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ploid

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multiple in form

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-pnea

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breath, respiration

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-poiesis

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production or producing

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-ptosis

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sinking down or prolapse of an organ

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-rhagia, -rrhagia

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excessive or unsual discharge

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-rhaphy, -rrhapy

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surgical suturing

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-rhea, -rrhea

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folowing, a flux

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-snagui, -sanguin

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blood, bloody

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-scope, -scopy

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an instrument for viewing

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-stasis

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stopping

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-stat

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an agent to keep something static or not flowing or moving

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-stomy, -tomy

A

artificial or surgical opening

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-tome

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segment, part, section

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-trophic, trophy

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nutition

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-tropia

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turning

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-tropic

A

turning toward, affinity

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-ureticm, -uria

A

urine

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-ventilation

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to oxygenate or assist in breathing