Suffixes Related to Conditions or Symptoms Flashcards
1
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-cele
A
hernia
2
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-cytosis
A
condition of cells
3
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-ectasia
A
expansion; dilation
4
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-ectasis
A
expanding; dilating
5
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-edema
A
swelling
6
Q
-ema
A
condition
7
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-emesis
A
vomiting
8
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-iasis
A
pathological condition or state; presence of
9
Q
-ism
A
condition, disease
10
Q
-itis (pl. -itides)
A
inflammation
11
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-lepsy
A
seizures
12
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-leptic
A
pertaining to seizures
13
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-lithiasis
A
presence of stones
14
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-mania
A
obsession; madness
15
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-megaly
A
enlargement
16
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-oma (pl. -omata)
A
tumor, neoplasm
17
Q
-opia
A
vision
18
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-opsia
A
vision
19
Q
-osis (pl. -oses)
A
condition, state, process
20
Q
-paresis
A
slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling
21
Q
-pathy
A
disease
22
Q
-penia
A
deficiency, small, fewer
23
Q
-philia
A
attraction; affinity for
24
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-phrenia
A
of the mind
25
-phthisis
wasting away
26
-physis
growing
27
-plegia
paralysis
28
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
29
-ptosis
falling down; drooping
30
-rrhea
to flow or discharge
31
-rrhagia
excessive bleeding (amount an/or frequency)
32
-rrhexis
rupture
33
-trophic
pertaining to nutrition
34
-trophy
nutrition
