Suffixes Flashcards by Kailey DiLaura

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-al / -eal

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-cyte

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Cell

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-ectomy

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Removal
Excision
Resection

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-globin

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Protein

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-gram

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Record

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-ia

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Condition

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ism

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Condition

Process

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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-logy

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Study of

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-oma

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Tumor

Mass

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-opsy

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Process of viewing

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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Process of visual examination

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-sis

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State of

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-tomy

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Process of cutting into

Incision

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-pathy

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Disease

Condition

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-rrhea

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Flow

Discharge

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-rrhage / -rrhagia

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Excessive discharge of blood

-sclerosis

Hardening

-uria

Condition of urine

-ar / -ary

Pertaining to

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-graphy

Process of recording

-lysis

Separation Breakdown Destruction

-plasty

Surgical repair | Surgical correction

-stomy

Opening

-therapy

Treatment

-ation

Process | Condition

-cision

Process of cutting

-crine

Secretion

-dipsia

Thirst

-gen

To produce

-ine

Pertaining to

-lapse

To fall | Slide

-meter

To measure

-mission

To send

-mortem

Death

-ous

Pertaining to

-partum

Birth

-phagia

Eating

-phasia

Speech

-plasia

Formation (condition)

-plasm

Formation (tissue)

-plegia

Paralysis

-pnea

Breathing

-section

To cut

-stasis

To stand Place Stop Control

-tension

Pressure

-thesis

To put or place

-tic

Pertaining to

-trophy

Nourishment | Development

-um

Structure

-y

Process | Condition