Suffixes: medical specialty, surgeries, procedures, treatments, sensory experience, action/movement, disease, disorder, condition, indicate instruments Flashcards by Jahlexys McGrady

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-iatrics, -iatry

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field of medicine

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-iatrist, -ician

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specialist

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-ologist

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specialist in the study of

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-ology

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study of

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-centesis

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surgical procedure

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-cidal, -cide

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destroying, killing

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-desis

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surgical fixation of the 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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-plasty

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surgical repair

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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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-cusis

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hearing

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-algesia, -algia, -algesic

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pain

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-esthesia

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sensation

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-opsy, -opsis

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vision, view of

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-osmia

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smell of

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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

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-gen, -genesis

creating, producing

-kinesia, -kinesis

movement

-lysis

destruction

-pause, -stasis

cessation, stopping

-phage, -phagia

eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-rrhage

bursing forth

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

sudden involuntary contraction

-uresis

urination

-cele

hernia

-constriction

narrowing

-cytosis

condition of cells

-derma

skin

-edema

swelling

-emia

condition of the blood

-gravida

pregnant woman

-ia, -ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy, -leptic

seizure

-megaly

enlargement

-necrosis

tissue death

-oma

tumor

-oxia

oxygen

-partum

child birth, labor

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-pepsia

digestion

-phonia

voice

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-plegia

paralysis

-apnea

breathing

-apnea

breathing

-apnea

breathing

-apnea

breathing

-ptosis

drooping, prolapse

-sclerosis

hardening

-static

not in motion

-stenosis

narrowing

-thorax

chest

-trophy

growth, nourishment

-uria

urine

-graph

recording instrument

-meter

measuring instrument

-scope

viewing instrument