Suffixes, Chapter Fifteen Flashcards
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-cast
A
To break
Osteocast
1
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-blast
A
Embryonic, or immature cell
Osteoblast
2
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-malacia
A
Softening
Osteomalacia
3
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-listhesis
A
Slipping
Spondyloisthesis
4
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-physis
A
To grow
Epiphysis
5
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-porosis
A
Pore, passage
Osteoprosis
6
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-tome
A
Instrument to cut
Osteotome
7
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-desis
A
To bind, tie together
Arthrodesis
9
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-stenosis
A
Narrowing
Spinal stenosis
10
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-asthenia
A
Lack of strength
myasthenia gravis
11
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-trophy
A
Development, Nourishment
Atrophy
