Suffixes (UNIT 1 ) Flashcards by Nevaeh Richens | Brainscape

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-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic

A

Pertaining to

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-algia
-dynia

A

Pain

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-cele

A

Hernia (something sticking out of place)

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-centesis

A

Puncture

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-cide

A

Killing

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-cyte

A

Cell

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-ectomy

A

Removal

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-genic

A

Creating; giving a rise

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-gram

A

Written, visual record

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-graph

A

Instrument for visual records

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-graphy

A

Procedure for visual records

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ia-
-y

A

Condition or disease

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-iasis

A

Presence of

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-iatrics
-iatry

A

Medical Science

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-iatrist

A

Specialist in the practice of

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-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula

A

Makes whatever is in front of it smaller (Diminuitive suffix)

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-ise
-ize

A

Ending making a noun into a verb

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-ism

A

Condition, procedure, or belief

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-ist

A

Specialist

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-ium

A

Tissue or structure

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-lith

A

Stone

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-logist

A

Specialist in the study of

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-logy

A

Study of

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-desis

A

Binding (by a disease process)

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-lysis
-lytic

A

Breakdown or destruction

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-malacia

A

Softening

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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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-meter

A

Instrument for measurement

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-metry

A

the process of using an instrument for measurement

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-oid

A

Resembling

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-oma

A

Tumor or swelling

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-osis

A

Condition

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-pathy

A

Disease

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-penia

A

Deficiency; lack of

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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

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-plasia

A

Formation, development, or growth

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-plasty

A

Surgical reconstruction or reformation

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-ptosis

A

Drooping

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-rrhage
-rrhea

A

Excessive flow

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-rrhaphy

A

Surgical formation of a seam (suturing)

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-rrhexis

A

Rupture

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-scope

A

Instrument to visual something

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-scopy

A

Process of using an instrument to visualize something

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-spasm

A

Involuntary contraction

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-stomy

A

Creation of an opening

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-tion

A

Word ending that makes a noun a process

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-tomy

A

Cut or incision

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-us

A

Condition