Suffixes Flashcards

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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2
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-lepsy

A

seizure

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3
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-algia

A

pain

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4
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-cele

A

hernia

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5
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-cide

A

kill

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6
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-crine

A

to secrete; separate

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7
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-ectomy

A

removal; excision

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8
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-emia

A

blood condition

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9
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-esthesia

A

nervous sensation

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10
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-logy

A

study of

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11
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-lysis

A

breakdown; destruction

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12
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-mania

A

obsessive; preoccupation

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13
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-megaly

A

enlargment

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14
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-meter

A

measure

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15
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-oma

A

tumor

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16
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-opia

A

vision condition

17
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-somes

18
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-spasm

A

contraction

19
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-stasis

20
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-stomy

A

new opening

21
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-tomy

A

process of cutting

22
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-type

A

picture; classification

23
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-uria

A

urination; condition of urine

24
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-y

A

process; condition

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-rrhage
bursting forth
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-rrhea
hemorrhage; flow
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-sceleoris
hardening
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-plasty
operarive revision
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-scope
instrument to examine
30
-scopy
visual examination
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-opsy
view of
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-orexia
appetite
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-osis
condition; usually abnormal
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
too few
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-phobia
fear
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-plasm
formation