Suffixes unit 1 Flashcards by audrey Ayala

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-a

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word ending

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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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-ar

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pertaining to

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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 where 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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word ending

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-eal

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pertaining

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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

A

stone

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-logy

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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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-megaly

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enlargement due to disease

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-oid

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looks life; 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

A

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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-rrhaphy

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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

A

instrument for looking inside

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-scopy

A

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 (or “mouth”) with surgery

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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

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-rrhage

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bursting forth

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-logist

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one who studies