Suffix Flashcards by Anh Cao

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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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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-ation

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pertaining to

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-cele

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hernia/protrusion

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-cision

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process of cutting

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-crine

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secretion

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-cyte

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cell

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-drome

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to run/occur

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-duction

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movement

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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dilation/expansion

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-ectomy

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surgical removal/excision

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-emia

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blood (condition)

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-gen

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to produce

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-genic

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produced unexpectedly by treatment

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-globin

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protein

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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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-ia

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ignant

cancerous

-ior

pertaining to

-is

identity

-ism

condition/process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-ium

pertaining to

-lapse

to fall/slide

-logist

one who studies

-logy

the study of

-luxation

displacement/dislocation

-lysis

separation/breakdown/destruction

-lytic

destruction

-megaly

enlargement

-mission

to send

-mortem

death

-oma

tumor/mass

-opsy

view

-osis

(abnormal) condition

-ous

pertaining to

-partum

birth

-pathy

disease/condition

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phagia

to eat/swallow

-phasia

to speak

-plasm

formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-rrhage/-rrhagia

bursting forth of blood

-rrhea

flow/discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

an instrument to view

-scopy

process of visual examination

-section

cutting into an rogan

-sis

state of being

-stasis

to stand/place/stop/control

-stomy

artificial opening (permanent)

-tension

pressure

-therapy

treatment

-thesis

to put/place

-tic

pertaining to

-tomy

process of cutting/incision (temporary)

-tropy

development/nourishment

-um

structure

-uria

condition of urine

-y

condition of process