Surgical/Diagnostic/Pathological/Noun Suffixes Flashcards by Rebecca Lohman | Brainscape

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-ectomy

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Excision; removal

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-lysis

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Separation; destruction; loosening

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-pexy

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Fixation (of an organ)

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-stomy

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Forming an opening (mouth)

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-tomy

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Incision

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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-gram

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Record; writing

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-scope

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Instrument for examining

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-algia, -dynia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia; swelling

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-ectasis

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Dilation; expansion

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-edema

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Swelling

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-emia

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Blood Condition

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-gen, - genesis

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Forming; producing; origin

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lith

A

Stone; calculus

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-malacia

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Softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition; increase

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-pathy

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Disease

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-penia

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Decrease; deficiency

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-phagia

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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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-plasia, -plasm

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Formation; growth

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Bursting forth

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-rrhea

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Discharge; flow

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal condition of hardening

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction; twitching

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-toxic

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Poison

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-trophy

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Nourishment; development

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-esis, -ia, -ism

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Condition