Suffixes and Singular/Plural Flashcards by Tanner VanOrman

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-ar

A

pertaining to

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-ia

A

condition

ex. oliguria

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-ium

A

tissue, structure

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-y

A

condition, procedure

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-ole

A

small

ex. arteriole

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-iatrics, -iatry

A

medical science

ex. podiatry

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-iatrist

A

specialist in medicine of

ex. psychiatrist

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-ist

A

specialist

ex. radiologist

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-logist

A

specialist in the study of

ex. cardiologist

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-logy

A

study of

ex. biology

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-algia, -dynia

A

pain

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-cele

A

hernia

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-iasis

A

presence of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lysis

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loosen, break down

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

A

tumor

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-ptosis

A

drooping

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-rrhage

A

excessive flow

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-rrhea

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flow, runny discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

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-centesis

A

puncture

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-gram

A

written record

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-graph

A

instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-scope

A

instrument used to look

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-scopy

A

process of looking

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-desis

A

binding, fixation

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-ectomy

A

removal

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasty

A

reconstruction

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-rraphy

A

suture

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-stomy

A

creating of on opening

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-tomy

A

incision

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-a

A

-ae

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-ax

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-aces

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-ex

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-ices

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-ix

A

-ices

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-is

A

-es

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-ma

A

-mata

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-on

A

-a

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-um

A

-a

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-us

A

-i

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-y

A

-ies

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-ism

A

condition

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-al

A

pertaining to

ex. skeletal

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-icle

A

small

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-ary

A

pertaining to

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-ule

A

small

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-ula

A

small

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-ac

A

pertaining to

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-tic

A

pertaining to

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-ic

A

pertaining to

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-ous

A

pertaining to