Unit 3: Cells, Tissues, & Physiology-Suffixes Flashcards by Aubree Wilson | Brainscape

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-ase

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Word ending for enzymes, a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions

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-blast

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Rapidly dividing cell

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-cyte

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cell

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-elle

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-icle

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-iculum

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-ion

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-ole

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-ule

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-ular

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-ulum

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Diminutive suffix: it makes whatever is in front of it smaller

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-ic

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Referring to

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-gen

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Creation or creating; giving rise to

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-genic

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Creation or creating; giving rise to

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-genesis

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Creation or creating; giving rise to

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-genous

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Creation or creating; giving rise to

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-id

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Word ending for many chemicals

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-ide

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Word ending for many chemicals

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-tide

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Word ending for many chemicals

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-in

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Word ending commonly used to indicate a protein (sometimes used for general non- protein chemicles)

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-ein

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Word ending commonly used to indicate a protein

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-globulin

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Word ending commonly used to indicate a protein

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-ine

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Word ending commonly used to indicate an amino acid, one of the building blocks of proteins

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-ium

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Tissue or structure

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-lysis

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Breakdown; destruction

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-oid

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resembling

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-ol

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word ending used to commonly indicate alcohol

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-olus

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smaller

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-oma

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tumor or swelling

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-ose

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Word ending commonly used to indicate a sugar

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-osis

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process

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-ote

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type of cell

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-penia

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deficiency; lack of

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-poiesis

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process of creation

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-some

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body