Suffixes Flashcards by Cynthia Silhan

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-Algia

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Pain

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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Cyte

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Cell

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-Dynia

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Pain

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-ectomy

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Excision; removal

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-edema

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Swelling

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-gram

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Written record or image

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-graph

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Instrument used to record

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-Itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Study of

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-Logist

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Specialist

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Abnormal enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor; mass

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-pathy

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Disease

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-oma

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Tumor; mass

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-pexy

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Surgical reattachment

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Plasty

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Surgical reconstruction

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-ptosis

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Falling; sagging; drooping; prolapse

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-rrhagia

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Excessive flow or discharge

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-rrhea

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Discharge; flow

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Sclerosis

Hardening

-scope

Instrument for viewing

-scopy

Process of viewing

Stenosis

Narrowing

-Stomy

Surgical creation of a new opening

-tomy

Incision

-al; -ac; ar; -ary; -ic; -ical; -ile; -eal; -ory; -ous; -tic; -y

Pertaining to

- cele

Hernia; tumor

-clasis

Break, fracture

-ectasis

Expansion; dilation

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

generating; formation

-genic

to produce

-gravida

pregnancy

ia;-ism

condition

--kinesis

Movement

-lepsy

seizure

-lysis

breaking down; destruction

-emesis

vomiting

-osis

abnormal condition

-paresis

weakness

-phagia

to eat; swallow

phasia

speech

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

formation

-porosis

pourous

-rrhaphy

to suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-schisis

splitting

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-tripsy

crushing

-algesia

sensitivity to pain

-ate

something that

-blast

immature cell

-cide

to kill; destroy

-er

one who

-esis

condition of

-lasis

diseased condition

-iatrist

a physician; one who treats

-latrics; iatry

medical profession; medical treatment

-ian; ician

specialist in a field of study

-ion

process

-ist

practioner

-mania

mad; mental disorder

-lithiasis

presence or formation of stones

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oid

resembling

-ole; -ula

small; little

-opia

visual condition

-phobia

-fear

-sis

condition

-tion

process of

-trophy

nourishment; development (condition of)

-ule

small one

-uria

urine

-y

condition; process

Um

Structure