Unit 2 - suffixes Flashcards

1
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/ac

A

relating to

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2
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/al

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relating to

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3
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/algia

A

pain

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4
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/ar

A

relating to

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5
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/ary

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relating to

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6
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/centesis

A

withdrawing fluid

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7
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/cyte

A

cell

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8
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/eal

A

relating to

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9
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/ectomy

A

removal

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10
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/emia or /hemia

A

throughout the blood

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11
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/grade

A

go

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12
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/gram

A

picture, record, tracing

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13
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/graph

A

instrument that creates a picture or recording

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14
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/graphy

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process of creating a picture, record, or tracing

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15
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/ia

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condition

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16
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/iac

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relating to

17
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/ic

A

relating to

18
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/ior

A

relating to

19
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/ism

A

situation, process, condition

20
Q

/ist

A

one who does

21
Q

/itis, /itic

A

inflammation

22
Q

/ium

A

structure

23
Q

/logy

A

study of; also used as root word ‘log/o’

24
Q

/megaly

A

enlargement

25
Q

/meter

A

distance measure, instrument to measure

26
Q

/oid

A

like

27
Q

/opsy

A

look at

28
Q

/ose

A

like, relating to (also suffix for chemical name for sugar)

29
Q

/osis

A

pathologic condition

30
Q

/ous

A

relating to

31
Q

/pathy

A

disease process

32
Q

/scrope

A

instrument to see through or with

33
Q

/stasis

A

control, hold in

34
Q

/tic

A

relating to

35
Q

/y

A

process of

36
Q

When a suffix begins with a consonant

A

there is a combining vowel between the root word and the suffix

37
Q

When the suffix begins with a vowel

A

there is no combining vowel between the root word and the suffix

38
Q

There is usually a combining vowel between two root words in a compound word.

A