Urinary System Suffixes Flashcards by Kim Aker

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-al

A

pertaining to

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algia-

A

pain

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-cele

A

hernia
protrusion
swelling

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-cyte

A

cell

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-ectasis

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dilation

expansion

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

excision

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-genesis

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forming
producing
origin

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-gram

A

record

writing

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

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stone

calculus

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-lithiasis

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condition of stones

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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the study of

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-lysis

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destruction
separation
loosening

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-meter

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instruments for measuring

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-metry

A

act of measuring

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-oid

A

resembling

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-osis

A

abnormal condition

increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

A

disease

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasia

A

development
growth
formation

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-poiesis

A

formation

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-ptosis

A

drooping
downward
prolapse
placement

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

A

discharge

flow

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-sclerosis

A

abnormal condition of hardening

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-scope

A

instrument for viewing

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-stenosis

A

narrowing

sticture

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-stomy

A

forming an opening (mouth)

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-tome

A

instrument used to cut

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-tomy

A

incision

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-tripsy

A

surgical crushing

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-uria

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urine