Suffixes - Chapter 12 Flashcards
1
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-al, -ar
A
pertaining to
2
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-ectomy
A
removal, excision
3
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-esthesia
A
condition of feeling and sensation
4
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
5
Q
-ia
A
noun ending
6
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
7
Q
-lepsy
A
seizure
8
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-lysis
A
breaking down, dissolving, loosening, freeing from adhesions
9
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass
10
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-paresis
A
slight paralysis
11
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-plegia
A
paralysis
12
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-rraphy
A
suture, repair
13
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-tomy
A
incision, cutting
