Suffix Flashcards by Selene Acosta-Dominguez

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary

A

pertaining to

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-algia

A

pain

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-asthenia

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without strength

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-blast

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immature cell

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-cele

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pouching or hernia

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cynia

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pain

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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expansion or dilation

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-ectomy

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removal

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-edema

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swelling

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-ema

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condition

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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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-esthenia

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lack of sensation

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-genic

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origin or production

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-gram

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record

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-graphy

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recording process

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-ia

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condition of

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-iasis

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condition, formation of

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-iatry

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treatment

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-icle

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small

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-ism

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condition of

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-itis

inflammation

-ium

tissue or structure

-lepsy

seizure

-lith

stone, calculus

-logy

study of

-lysis

breaking down, dissolution

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-metry

measuring process

-myc

fungus

-oid

resembling

-ole

small

-ology

study of

-oma

tumor

-opia, -opsia

vision

-orexia

appetite

-ose

full of, pertaining to

-osis

abnormal conditions, increase

-osmia

smell

-ous

pertaining to

-paresis

partial paralysis

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

swallowing

-phasia

speech

-philic

attraction for

-phobia

fear

-plasia

formation, development

-plasty

-surgical repair, reconstruction

-plegia

paralysis, stroke

-pnea

breathing

--polesis

formation, production

-porosis

condition of pores, spaces

-rrhage

to burst forth

-rrhea

discharge

-sclerosis

hardness

-scopy

examination

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-stasis

stop and stand

-stomy

new opening

-tic

pertaining to

-tomy

incision

-tropea

to turn

-tropic

stimulate

-trophy

nutrition, growth

-ula, -ule

small

-urea

urination

-y

condition, process of