3 common suffixes Flashcards by Jordan Ashdown

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-cele

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hernia

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-coccus

A

berry-shaped bacterium

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-dynia

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pain

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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-gram

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record

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, seperation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-opsy

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to view

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-penia

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deficiency

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasty

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`surgical repair

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-ptosis

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falling, dropping, prolapse “blepharoptosis”

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-stomy

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opening to forma mouth

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-tomy

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incision, cutting into

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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-ole, -ule

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small

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-um, -ium

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structure, tissue