Suffixes (surgery, diagnosis, symptoms) Flashcards by Leanne Ertle

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-age

A

related to

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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-cid

A

kill

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-cis

A

cut, kill, excise

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-clasis

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to break down, re-fracture

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-desis

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binding, stabilization

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal

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-iatry

A

healing by a physician

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-ion

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process

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-lysis

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loosen, free from adhesions, destruction

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-osis

A

condition of

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-os/tomy

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mouth, forming an opening

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-pexy

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fixation, suspension

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-plasty

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formation, plastic repair

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-stasis

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stop, control

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-tomy

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incision, to cut into

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-tripsy

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to crush

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-algia

A

pain

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-emia

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blood

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-gen

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producing, beginning

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-gram

A

record, picture

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-graph

A

instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition, formation of, presence of

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-logy

A

study of

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-oid

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resemble

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

A

decrease, deficiency

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-phagia

A

eating, swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-phobia

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fear

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ptosis

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prolapse, falling, dropping

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-rrhage

A

burst forth

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scopy

A

examination, view

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction, twitching of a muscle