Chapter 2-Suffixes Flashcards by Lexi Vaughns

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Hemat

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blood

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-emesis

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vomitting

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Arthr

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joint

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-itis

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inflammation

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Oste

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bone

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-oma

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tumor

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-logy

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study of

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-dynia

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pain

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Encephal

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brain

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mening

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meninges

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-pathy

A

disease

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Surgical suffixes

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describe a type of invasive procedure performed on a body part

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Diagnostic suffixes

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describe a procedure performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness

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Pathological suffixes

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describe abnormal condition or disease

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-clasis

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to break; surgical fracture

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-desis

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binding, fixation (bone and joint)

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-lysis

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seperation, destruction

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-pexy

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fixation (of organ)

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-stomy

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forming an opening

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision

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-tripsy

crushing

append

appendix

thromb

blood clot

rhin/o

nose

my/o

muscle

trache/o

trachea

lith/o

stone, calculus

mast/o

breast

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

electr/o

electrical

endo-

within

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hemia, swelling

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-gen

forming, producing

-genesis

origin

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition, increase

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displace

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

neur/o

nerve

ot/o

ear

bronchi/

bronchi

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cyan/o

blue

hem/o

blood

quadri/

four

blephar/o

eyelid

dia/

through

ateri/o

artery

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitch

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-toxic

poison

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ia

condition

-ism

condtion

-iarty

medicine; treatment

-ist

medicine; treatment

-y

condition; process

-icle

small, minute

-ole

small, minute

-ule

small, minute

pulmon/

lungs

esophag/

esophagus

thorac/

chest

poster/

back (of the body)

cutane/

skin

acous/

hearing

pneumon/

lungs (air)

thyroid

thyroid gland

psych/

mind

ventr/

belly

ven/

vein