Chapter 1: Suffixes Flashcards

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-dynia

A

Pain

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-Algia

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Pain

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-genic

A

Produced by or in

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-gram

A

Record

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-ia

A

Condition

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-ion

A

Process

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ium

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Structure or tissue

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-lapse

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To slide or to sag

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-lysis

A

Breakdown

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-malacia

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Softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-mission

A

To send

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor or mass

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

Disease condition

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-penia

A

Decrease

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-pexy

A

To put in place

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-phagia

A

To eat or to swallow

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-phoria

A

To carry, or feeling

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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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-rrhage

A

Bursting forth

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-rrhagia

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Bursting forth

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-rrhea

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Discharge

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-rrhexis

A

Rupture

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-sclerosis

A

Hardening

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-scope

A

Instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

A

Visual examination

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-stomy

A

New opening to the outside of the body

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-therapy

A

Treatment

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-tomy

A

Incision, or process of cutting

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-um

A

Structure or tissue

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-us

A

Structure or tissue

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-ac

A

Pertaining to

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-al

A

Pertaining to

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-an

A

Pertaining to

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-ar

A

Pertaining to

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-ary

A

Pertaining to

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-eal

A

Pertaining to

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-ic

A

Pertaining to

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-ine

A

Pertaining to

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-ous

A

Pertaining to

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-tic

A

Pertaining to