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Unit 1 - suffixes Flashcards

1
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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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3
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-cele

A

hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)

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4
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-centesis

A

puncture

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5
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-cide

A

killing

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6
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-cyte

A

cell

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7
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-desis

A

binding (by a disease process)

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8
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-ectomy

A

removal (notice ec- in prefixes list means “out of” and -tomy in this list means “cutting” so “cutting out of)

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9
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-emia

A

blood condition

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10
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-genic

A

creating; giving rise to

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11
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-gram

A

written, visual record

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12
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-graph

A

instrument used to produce a visual record

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-graphy

A

procedure used to produce a visual record

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14
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-ia
-y

A

condition; disease; literally “place” (Germany is the place of the Germans)

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-iasis

A

presence of

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16
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-iatrics
-iatry

A

medical science

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17
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-iatrist

A

specialist in the practice of

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18
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-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula

A

diminuitive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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19
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-ise
-ize

A

ending that makes a noun into a verb (e.g., strategy vs strategize)

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20
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-ism

A

condition or procedure or belief

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21
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-ist

A

specialist

22
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-itis

A

inflammation

23
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-ium

A

tissue or structure

24
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-lith

A

stone

25
Q

-logist

A

specialist in the study of

26
Q

-logy

A

study of

27
Q

-lysis
-lytic

A

breakdown; destruction

28
Q

-malacia

A

softening

29
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

30
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-meter

A

intrument for measurement

31
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-metry

A

the process of using an instrument for measurement

32
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-oid

A

resembling

33
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-oma

A

tumor or swelling

34
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-osis

A

condition

35
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-pathy

A

disease

36
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-penia

A

deficiency; lack of

37
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure (compare -desis)

38
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-plasia

A

formation, development

39
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-plasty

A

surgical reconstruction or reformation

40
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-ptosis

A

drooping

41
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-rrhage
-rrhea

A

excessive flow

42
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-rrhaphy

A

surgical formation of a seam; suturing

43
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-rrhexis

A

rupture

44
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-scope

A

instrument for visualizing something

45
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-scopy

A

process of using an instrument to visualize something

46
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

47
Q

-stomy

A

creation of an opening (see stoma = “mouth”)

48
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-tion

A

word ending that makes a noun into a process (form vs formation)

49
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-tomy

A

cut; incision

50
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-us

A

condition

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