Suffixes, Chapter Fifteen Flashcards

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-cast

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To break

Osteocast

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-blast

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Embryonic, or immature cell

Osteoblast

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-malacia

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Softening

Osteomalacia

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-listhesis

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Slipping

Spondyloisthesis

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-physis

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To grow

Epiphysis

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-porosis

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Pore, passage

Osteoprosis

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

Osteotome

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-desis

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To bind, tie together

Arthrodesis

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-stenosis

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Narrowing

Spinal stenosis

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-asthenia

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Lack of strength

myasthenia gravis

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-trophy

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Development, Nourishment

Atrophy

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