Chapter 3 Suffixes Flashcards

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-algia

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pain

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-emia

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blood condition

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-ia

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condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhage / -rrhagia

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excessive discharge of blood

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-uria

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condition of urine

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-al

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pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-centesis

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puncture to remove fluid

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-ectomy

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removal, resection, excision

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-gram

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record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-lysis

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separation, breakdown, destruction

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-plasty

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surgical repair or correction

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-scopy

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process of visual examination

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-stomy
opening
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-therapy
treatment
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-tomy
incision, cutting into
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aden/o
gland
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amni/o
amnion (sac of fluid around the embryo)
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angi/o
vessel (usually a blood vessel)
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arteri/o
artery
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arthr/o
joint
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ather/o
plaque (a yellow fatty material)
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axill/o
armpit
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bronch/o
bronchial tube
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bronchi/o
bronchial tube
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carcin/o
cancerous
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cardi/o
heart
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chem/o
drug; also chemical
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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chron/o
time
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col/o
colon
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coron/o
heart; crown
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crani/o
skull
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cry/o
cold
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cyst/o
urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst
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electr/o
electricity
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encephal/o
brain
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erythr/o
red
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esophag/o
esophagus
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hem/o
blood
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hemat/o
blood
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hepat/o
liver
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hyster/o
uterus
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inguin/o
groin
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isch/o
to hold back
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lapar/o
abdomen
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laryng/o
voice box (larynx)
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leuk/o
white
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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men/o
menses; month
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mening/o
meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain)
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necr/o
death (of cells)
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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oophor/o
ovary
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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pelv/o
pelvis (hip bone)
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peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)
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phleb/o
vein
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pneumon/o
lung
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pulmon/o
lung
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radi/o
x-rays
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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salping/o
fallopian tube
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sarc/o
flesh
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septic/o
pertaining to infection
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thorac/o
chest
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tonsill/o
tonsil
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trache/o
windpipe; trachea
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ur/o
urine or urea; urinary tract
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vascul/o
blood vessel