Week 1: Medical Terminology- Common Suffixes Flashcards by Heidi S | Brainscape

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-genesis

A

origin or production

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-lysis

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breaking down or dissolution

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-penia

A

abnormal reduction

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-rrhea

A

discharge

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

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-cele

A

pouching or hernia

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-ectasis

A

expansion or dilation

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-iasis

A

formation or presence of

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-malacia

A

softening

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-oma

A

tumor

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-osis

A

condition or increase

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-phil, -philia

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attraction for

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-ptosis

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falling or downward displacement

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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to burst forth (usually blood)

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-centesis

A

puncture for aspiration

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-desis

A

binding

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-ectomy

A

excision (removal of)

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-pexy

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suspension or fixation

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-plasty

A

surgical repair or reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-tomy

A

incision

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-stomy

A

creation of an opening

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-ation

A

process

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-e

A

general indicator that a word is a person, place or thing

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-ia, -ism

A

condition of

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-y

A

condition or process of

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-ium

A

structure or tissue

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

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pertaining to (adjective endings)

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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule

A

small

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-gram

A

record

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-graph

A

instrument of recording

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-iatrics, -iatry

A

treatment

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-logy

A

study

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-logist

A

one who specializes in the study and treatment of

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-ist

A

one who specializes in

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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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-poiesis

A

formation

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-scope

A

instrument for examination

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-scopy

A

process of examination

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-stasis

A

stop or stand

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-algia, -dynia

A

pain

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-al, -eal

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Pertaining to

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-ectasis

A

Expansion or dilation

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-ectomy

A

Excision (removal)

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-ia

A

Condition of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

A

Study of

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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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-stomy

A

Creation of an opening

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-tomy

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Incision