unit 1 suffixes Flashcards by Hannah Mitchell

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-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic

A

pertaining to

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-algia
-dynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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puncture

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-cide

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killing

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-cyte

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cell

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-desis

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binding

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-ectomy

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removal

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genic

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creating

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-gram

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written, visual record

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-gram

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written, visual record

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-graph

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instrument used to visualize things

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-graphy

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procedure used to visualize things

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-ia
-y

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condition

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-iasis

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presence of

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-iatrics
-iatry

A

medical science

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-iatrist

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specialist in the practice of

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-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula

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makes things smaller

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-ise
-ize

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makes noun into verb

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-ism

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condition, procedure, or belief

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ium

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tissue or structure

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-lith

A

stone

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis,
-lytic

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breakdown or destruction

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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instrument for measurement

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-metry

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process of using instrument for measurement

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor or swelling

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

A

deficiency or lack of

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasia

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formation, development. growth

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-plasty

A

surgical reconstruction or reformation

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-ptosis

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drooping

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-rrhage
-rrhea

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excessive flow

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-rrhaphy

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suturing

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-scope

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instrument for visualizing something

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-scopy

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process of using instrument to visualize something

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-stomy

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creation of an opening

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-tion

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makes a noun into a process

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-tomy

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cut or incision

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-us

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condition