unit 1 suffixes Flashcards
1
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-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
A
pertaining to
2
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-algia
-dynia
A
pain
3
Q
-cele
A
hernia
4
Q
-centesis
A
puncture
5
Q
-cide
A
killing
6
Q
-cyte
A
cell
7
Q
-desis
A
binding
8
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
9
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
10
Q
-genic
A
creating
11
Q
-gram
A
written, visual record
12
Q
-gram
A
written, visual record
13
Q
-graph
A
instrument used to visualize things
14
Q
-graphy
A
procedure used to visualize things
15
Q
-ia
-y
A
condition
16
Q
-iasis
A
presence of
17
Q
-iatrics
-iatry
A
medical science
18
Q
-iatrist
A
specialist in the practice of
19
Q
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
A
makes things smaller
20
Q
-ise
-ize
A
makes noun into verb
21
Q
-ism
A
condition, procedure, or belief
22
Q
-ist
A
specialist
23
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-itis
A
inflammation
24
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-ium
A
tissue or structure
25
-lith
stone
26
-logist
specialist in the study of
27
-logy
study of
28
-lysis,
-lytic
breakdown or destruction
29
-malacia
softening
30
-megaly
enlargement
31
-meter
instrument for measurement
32
-metry
process of using instrument for measurement
33
-oid
resembling
34
-oma
tumor or swelling
35
-osis
condition
36
-pathy
disease
37
-penia
deficiency or lack of
38
-pexy
surgical fixation
39
-plasia
formation, development. growth
40
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
41
-ptosis
drooping
42
-rrhage
-rrhea
excessive flow
43
-rrhaphy
suturing
44
-rrhexis
rupture
45
-scope
instrument for visualizing something
46
-scopy
process of using instrument to visualize something
47
-spasm
involuntary contraction
48
-stomy
creation of an opening
49
-tion
makes a noun into a process
50
-tomy
cut or incision
51
-us
condition
