Suffixes: medical specialty, surgeries, procedures, treatments, sensory experience, action/movement, disease, disorder, condition, indicate instruments Flashcards
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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
A
specialist in the study of
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-ology
A
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
A
widening, stretching, expanding
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-ectomy
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excision, surgical removal
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-graphy
A
process of recording
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-metry
A
measurement
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
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-scopy
A
visual examination
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-therapy
A
treatment
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-tomy
A
cutting into, incision
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-cusis
A
hearing
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-algesia, -algia, -algesic
A
pain
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-dipsia
A
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
A
smell of
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-phobia
A
fear
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-phoria
A
feeling
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-clasis, -clast
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to break
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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-emesis
A
vomiting
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-gen, -genesis
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creating, producing
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-kinesia, -kinesis
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movement
