Word List 1 Common Suffixes Flashcards by Octavio Solorzano

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-Algia

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Pain

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-Cele

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Hernia, Swelling

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-Centesis

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Surgical Puncture

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-Clasis

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To Break, Surgical Fracture

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-Desis

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Binding, Fixation (Of A Bone Or Joint)

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-Dynia

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Pain

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-Ectasis

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Dilation, Expansion

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-Ectomy

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Excision, Removal

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-Edema

A

Swelling

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-Emesis

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Vomiting

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-Emia

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Blood Condition

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-Gram

A

Record, Writing

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-Graph

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Instrument For Recording

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-Graphy

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Process Of Recording

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-Iasis

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Abnormal Condition (Produced By Something Specified)

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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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-Lysis

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Separation, Destruction, Loosening

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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

A

Instrument For Measuring

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-Metry

A

Act Of Measuring

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-Oma

A

Tumor

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-Osis

A

Abnormal Condition, Increased (Used Primarily With Blood Cells)

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-Pathy

A

Disease

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-Penia

A

Decrease, Deficiency

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-Pexy

A

Fixation (Of An Organ)

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-Phobia

A

Fear

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-Plasty

A

Surgical Repair

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-Plegia

A

Paralysis

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-Rrhage

A

Bursting Forth (Of)

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-Rrhagia

A

Bursting Forth (Of)

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-Rrhaphy

A

Suture

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-Rrhea

A

Discharge, Flow

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-Rrhexis

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Rupture

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-Scope

A

Instrument For Examining

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-Scopy

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Visual Examination

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-Stenosis

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Narrowing, Stricture

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-Stomy

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Forming An Opening (Mouth)

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-Tome

A

Instrument To Cut

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-Tomy

A

Incision

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-Toxic

A

Poison

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-Trispy

A

Crushing

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-Trophy

A

Development, Nourishment