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67 Cards in this Set
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture
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-clasis
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to break; surgical fracture
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-desis
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binding; fixation of a bone or joint
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-ectomy
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excision; removal
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-lysis
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separation, destruction, loosening
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-pexy
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fixation of an organ
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-stomy
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forming an opening; mouth
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-gram
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record; writing
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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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-meter
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instrument for measuring
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-metry
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act of measuring
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-scope
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instrument for examining
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia; swelling
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-ectasis
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dilation; expansion
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-edema
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swelling
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gen
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forming; producing; origin
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-genesis
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forming; producing; origin
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-iasis
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abnormal condition; produced by something specific
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lith
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stone; calculus
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase; used primarily with blood cells
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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decrease; deficiency
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-phagia
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eating; swallowing
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-phasia
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speech
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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formation; growth
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-plasm
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formation; growth
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-plegia
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paralysis; totally no movement
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-ptosis
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prolapsed, downward displacement
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-rrhage
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bursting of
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-rrhagia
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bursting of
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-rrhea
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discharge; flow
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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abnormal condition of hardening
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
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narrowing; stricture
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-toxic
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poison
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-trophy
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nourishment, developing
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Adjective suffixes
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ous, -tic
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Noun suffixes
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(condition): -esis, -ia, -ism
(medicine, treatment): -iatry (specialist): -ician, -ist (condition, process): -y |
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Diminutive suffixes
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(small, minute): -icle, -ole, -ule
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a ae Retain the a and add e
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example: Pleura/Pleurae
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ax aces Drop the x and add ces
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example: Thorax/Thoraces
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en ina Drop the en and add ina
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example: lumen/lumina
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is es Drop the is and add es
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diagnosis/diagnoses
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ix ices Drop the ix or ex and add ices
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appendix/appendices
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ex ices Drop the ix or ex and add ices
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apex/apices
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ma mata Retain the ma and add ta
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carcinoma/carcinomata
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on a Drop the on and add a
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ganglion/ganglia
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um a Drop the um and add a
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bacterium/bacteria
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us i Drop the us and add i
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bronchus/bronchi
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y ies Drop the y and add ies
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deformity/deformities
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