Suffixes Flashcards by Christina George

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-stomy

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Forming a new opening, mouth

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

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-tomy

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Incision, cut into

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-desis

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Binding, stabilization, fusion

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-rrhaphy

A

Suture

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-pexy

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Fixation, suspension

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-plasty

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Formation, plastic repair

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-clasis

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A breaking or refracture

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-lysis

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Seperate, destroy

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-tripsy

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Crush

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-algia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia, swelling

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-dipsia

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Thirst

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ectasis

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Dilation, expansion

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-esthesia

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Feeling, sensation

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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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-gram

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A writing, record

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-iasis

A

Condition, formation of, presence of

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-itis

Inflammation

-kinesis

Movement

-lepsy

Seizure

-logy

Study of

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-meter

Measurement, instrument for measuring

-metry

Act of measuring

-oid

Resemble

-oma

Tumor

-opia

Vision

-osis

Abnormal condition of, increase

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Decrease, deficiency

-phagia

Eating, ingesting, swallowing

-phasia

Speech

-paresis

Weakness, partial paralysis

-plegia

Paralysis

-phobia

Fear of

-ptosis

Prolapse, falling

-ptysis

Spitting

-physis

Growth

-pnea

Breathing

- rrhage | - rrhagia

Burst forth

-rrhea

Discharge, flow

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Abnormal condition of, hardening

-scope

Instrument to view or examine

-scopy

Visual examination

-spasm

Involuntary contraction, twitching

-stasis

Standing still

-stenosis

Narrowing, constricting

-tension

Blood pressure

-therapy

Treatment

-blast

Germ cell

- carbia | - capnia

Carbon dioxide in the blood

-chrome

Color

-crine

Secrete

-globin

Protein

-lith

Stone, calculus

-philia

Attraction for, love of

-plasia

Formation of, production

-poiesis

Formation, production of ( blood cells)

-stenosis

Narrowing, constriction

-toxic

Poison

- trophic - trophin - trophy

Nourishment

Suffixes

Are WORD ELEMENTS that are added to the end of a word root to enhance its meaning.

"Pertaining To" suffixes

- ac - al - an - ar - ary - eal - ic - ine - ous - tic

-um

The structure