Common Suffixes Flashcards by Krissa Thrift

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-ectomy

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surgical removal of blood

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-emia

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blood

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-gram

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a record of

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-graph

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to record with an instrument

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-graphy

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the act of recording using an instrument

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-itis

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inflamation

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-logy

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the study of

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-lysis

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to break down

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-osis

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disease

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-pexy

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to suture to

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-plasty

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too surgically repair

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-rrhage

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to burst

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-scopy

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the act of using an instrument for viewing

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-stomy

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to create a new surgical opening

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-therapy

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treatment

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-tomy

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to cut into surgically; to make an incision