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58 Cards in this Set
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-algia |
pain |
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-dynia |
pain |
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-ectasis, -ectasia |
expansion or dilation |
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-iasis |
presence of; formation of |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-megaly |
enlargement |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-osis |
abnormal condition |
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-penia |
reduction of size or quantity |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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-porosis |
porous condition |
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-ptosis |
downward displacement |
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-rrhage |
flowing forth |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-spasm |
muscular contraction |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture |
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-desis |
surgical binding |
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-ectomy |
surgical removal |
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-gen, -genic, -genesis |
origin, producing |
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-gram |
written or pictorial recording |
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-graph |
device for graphic or pictorial recording |
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-graphy |
act of graphic or pictorial recording |
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-meter |
device for measuring |
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-metry |
act of measuring |
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-pexy |
surgical fixation |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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-scope |
device for viewing |
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-scopy |
act of viewing |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-tripsy |
crushing |
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-ian |
specialist |
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-iatrics |
medical specialty |
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-iatry |
medical specialty |
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-ics |
medical specialty |
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-ist |
specialist in a field of study |
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-logy |
study of |
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-cele |
protrusion, hernia |
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-cyte |
cell
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-edema |
excessive fluid in intracellular tissues |
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-iasis |
a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a condition |
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-ism |
a condition of; a process; or a state of |
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-lith |
stone, calculus, calcification |
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-lysis |
disintegration |
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-oid |
resembling or like |
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-opsy |
visual examination |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-phobia |
fear, appears mainly as a suffix |
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-plasia |
abnormal formation |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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-pnea |
breath, respiration |
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-poiesis |
producing |
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-rrhea |
discharge |
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-sclerosis |
hardness |
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-stasis |
level, unchanging |
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-stomy |
permanent opening |
