Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards by Angelina Hart | Brainscape

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-ar

A

Pertaining to

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-algia

A

Pain

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-asthenia

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Lack of strength or weakness

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-blast

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Immature

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

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-clasts

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To break

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-cyte

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Cell

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-desis

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Surgical fixation

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-gram

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Record

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-kinesis

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Movement

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-logy

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Study of

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-malacia

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Softening

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-metry

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Measurement

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-Oma

A

Tumor or mass

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-osis

A

Abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

Disease condition

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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation or to put in to place

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-physis

A

To grow

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-plasia

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Development

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-poietic

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Pertaining to the formation

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-porosis

A

Pore or passage

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-tome

A

Instrument to cut

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting

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-y

A

Condition or process