Suffixes-Unit 1 Flashcards by Lindsey Beyeler

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-a

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No meaning

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-cele

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Hernia (something that sticks out when it shouldn’t)

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-centesis

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Puncture

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-desis

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Binding together

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-dynia

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Pain

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-e

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No meaning

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-ectomy

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Cutting out of

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-emia

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Present in blood, indicating disease

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-esis

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Process

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-etic

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A drug or condition causing a process

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-eum

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Anatomical structure word ending

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-gram

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A record of a test or procedure

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-graphy

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A test or procedure

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-hypertrophy

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Too much growth

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-ia

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Disease

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-iac

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Pertaining to

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-ial

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Pertaining to

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-iasis

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Presence of an abnormality

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-is

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Anatomical structure word ending

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ium

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Anatomical structure word ending

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-lith

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Stone

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-logist

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One who studies

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-logy

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The study of

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-lysis

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Breaking down; destroying

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-malacia

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Softening due to disease

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-oid

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Looks like; resembles

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-megaly

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Enlargement due to disease

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-oid

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Looks like; resembles

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-Oma

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Tumor

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-on

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Unit of anatomical structure

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-osis

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Process

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-pathy

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State of disease

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-penia

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Low levels of

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-plasty

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Surgical revision

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-poiesis

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Creation process

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhage

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Bursting forth

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-rraphy

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Suturing

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-rrhea

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Abnormal flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-scler

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Hardening

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-scope

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Instrument for looking inside

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-scopy

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The process of looking inside

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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-stomy

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Creating an opening with surgery (mouth)

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-tomy

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Cutting

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-trophy

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Nourishment; growth

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-uria

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Present in urine, indicating disease

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-y

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Disease