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Suffixes Chp 3 Flashcards

1
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-a

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Not / Without

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-ad

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Toward / Increase

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al-

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Pertaining to

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-algesia

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Sensitivity to Pain

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-algia

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Pain

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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-ary

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Pertaining to / Relating to

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-ate

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Something that

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10
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-blast

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Embryonic Stage of Development

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-cele

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Swelling / Herniation

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12
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-centesis

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Surgical Puncture

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13
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-cide

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To Kill / Destroy

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-clasis

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Crushing / Breaking up

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-cyte

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Cell

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-desis

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Binding / Surgical Fusion

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-dynia

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Pain

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18
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-a, -e, -y

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Noun Ending

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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20
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-ectasia

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Stretching / Diliation

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21
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-ectomy

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Surgical Removal

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22
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-emia

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Blood Condition

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-er

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One Who

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-esis

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Condition Of

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25
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-gen

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One Which Generates

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26
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-genesis

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Generation / Formation

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27
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-genic

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Pertaining to / Formation / Producing

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28
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-gram

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Record / Picture

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-graph

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Instrument to Record

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-graphy

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Process of Recording

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31
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-gravida

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Pregnancy

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-ia

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Condition

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33
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-ian

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Specialist

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34
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-iasis

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Presence of an Abnormal Condition

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-iatric(s)

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Relating to Medicine or Medical Treatment

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-iatrician

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One Who Treats / Physician

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-iatrist

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One Who Treats / Physician

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-iatry

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Medical Treatment / Medical Profession

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ical

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Pertaining to

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-ician

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Specialist in a Field of Study

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-ile

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Pertaining to / Capable

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-ion

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Action

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-ism

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Condition

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-ist

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Practitioner

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ize

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To make / To Treat / or Combine With

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-lepsy

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Seizure / Attack

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-lith

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Stone(s)

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-lithiasis

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Presence / Formation of Stones

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-logy

A

Study of

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-logist

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One Who Studies

53
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-lysis

A

Destruction / Detachment

54
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-lytic

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Destruction

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-mania

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Madness / Mental Condition

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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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-meter

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Used to Measure

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-metry

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Process of Measuring

59
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-oid

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Resembling

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-ole

A

Small / Little

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-oma

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Tumor

62
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-opia

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Visual Condition

63
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-opsia

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Visual Condition

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-ory

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Pertaining To

65
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-osis

A

Condition

66
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-ous

A

Pertaining to

67
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-pathy

A

Disease

68
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-penia

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Decrease

69
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-pexy

A

Surgical Fixation

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-philia

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Attraction To

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-phobia

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Fear of

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-plasia

A

Formation / Development

73
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-plasty

A

Surgical Repair

74
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-plegia

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Paralysis

75
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-pnea

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Breathing

76
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-ptosis

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Prolapse / Drooping

77
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-rrhagia

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Excessive Flow / Discharge

78
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-rrhaphy

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Suturing

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-rrhea

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Discharge / Flow

80
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-rrhexis

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Rupture

81
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-scope

A

Instrument used to view

82
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-scopy

A

Process of viewing

83
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-stomy

A

Surgical creating of a new opening

84
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-tic

A

Pertaining to

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-tion

A

Process of

86
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-tomy

A

Incision into / Making an Incision

87
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-tripsy

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Intentional Crushing

88
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-ula

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Small / Little

89
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-ule

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Small One

90
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-um

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Identifies Singular Noun

91
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-uria

A

Characteristic of Urine

92
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-y

A

Condition / Process

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