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Suffixes Chapter 2 Flashcards

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-iatrics, -iatry

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field of medicine

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-iatrist, -ician, -ist

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specialist

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-logist, -ologist

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specialist in the study of

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-cidal, -cide

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destroying, killing

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-desis

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surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together

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-dilation

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widening, stretching, expanding

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-metry

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measurement

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suture, suturing

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-therapy

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treatment

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-tomy

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cutting into, incision

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-acusia, -acusis, -cusis

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hearing

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-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia

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pain

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-esthesia

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sensation

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy

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vision, view of

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-osmia

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smell, odor

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-phobia

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fear

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-phoria

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feeling

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-clasis, -clast

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to break

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-ectasis

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dilation, expanding

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-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous

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creating, producing

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-kinesia, -kinesis

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movement

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-lysis

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destruction

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-pause, -stasis

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cessation, stopping

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-phage, -phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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bursting forth

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

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sudden involuntary contraction

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-uresis

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urination

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-graph

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recording instrument

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-meter

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measuring instrument

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-scope

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viewing instrument

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-tome

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cutting instrument

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic, -tous

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pertaining to

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-cyte, -cytic

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cell

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-gram

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record

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-ole, -ule

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small

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-prandial

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meal

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-stomy

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mouthlike opening

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-cele

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hernia

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-constriction

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narrowing

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-cytosis

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a condition of cells

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-derma

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skin

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-edema

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swelling

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-emia

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a condition of the blood

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-gravida

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pregnant woman

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-ia, -ism

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condition

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-iasis

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pathological condition or state

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lepsy, -leptic

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seizure

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-lith

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stone

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-necrosis

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tissue death

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-paresis

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slight or partial paralysis

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-partum, -tocia

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child birth or labor

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficiency

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phonia

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voice

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-plasia, -plasm

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formation, growth

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-plastic

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pertaining to formation or growth

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-plegic

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pertaining to paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-pneic

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pertaining to breathing

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-ptosis

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drooping, prolapse

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-salpinx

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uterine tube

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-static

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not in motion, at rest

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-stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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-thorax

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chest

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-trophy

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nourishment, growth

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-uria

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urine

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-plegia

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paralysis

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