Suffixes chapter 1+2+3 Flashcards

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-ation

A

A process; being or having

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2
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-ectomy

A

Surgical excision

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3
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-gram

A

A record or picture

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4
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-graphy

A

Process of recording

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5
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-ia

A

Condition; state; thing

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6
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-iatry

A

Medical treatment

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7
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-ion

A

Action; condition

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8
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-ism

A

Process; disease from a specific cause

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9
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-ist

A

One who specializes in

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10
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-itis

A

Inflammation of; infection of

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11
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-lysis

A

Process of breaking down or destroying

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12
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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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13
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-metry

A

Process of measuring

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14
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-osis

A

Condition; abnormal condition; process

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15
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-pathy

A

Disease; suffering

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16
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-scope

A

Instrument used to examine

17
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-scopy

A

Process of using an instrument to examine

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-stomy

A

Surgically created opening

19
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-therapy

A

Treatment

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting or making an incision

21
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-ous

A

Pertaining to

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  • al
  • eal
  • ar
  • ic
  • ary
  • ine
  • ive
  • ous
A

Pertaining to

23
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-ion

A

Action

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-sis

A

Process; condition; abnormal condition

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-ix

A

A thing

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-um

A

A structure; period of time

27
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-cyte

A

Cell

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-ase

A

Enzyme

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-oid

A

Resembling

30
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-in

A

a substance

31
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-id

A

Resembling; source of origin

32
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-eal

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Pertaining to

33
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-ory

A

Having the function of

34
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-ary

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Pertaining to

35
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-opsy

A

process of viewing

36
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-logy

A

the study of

37
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-oma

A

tumor; mass