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48 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
-algia, -dynia |
pain |
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-genesis |
origin or production |
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-lysis |
breaking down or dissolution |
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-megaly |
enlargement |
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-oid |
resembling |
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-penia |
abnormal reduction |
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-rrhea |
discharge |
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-spasm |
involuntary contraction |
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-cele |
pouching or hernia |
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-ectasis |
expansion or dilation |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-iasis |
formation or presence of |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-osis |
condition or increase |
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-phil, -philia |
attraction for |
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-ptosis |
falling or downward displacement |
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-rrhage, -rrhagia |
to burst forth (usually blood) |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-centesis |
puncture for aspiration |
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-desis |
binding |
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-ectomy |
excision (removal) |
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-pexy |
suspension or fixation |
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-plasty |
surgical repair or reconstruction |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-stomy |
creation of an opening |
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-action |
process |
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-e |
general indicator that a word is a person, place, or thing |
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-ia, -ism |
condition of |
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-y |
condition or process of |
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-ium |
structure or tissue |
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic |
pertaining to |
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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule |
small |
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-gram |
record |
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-graph |
instrument for recording |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-iatrics, -iatry |
treatment |
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-logy |
study |
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-logist |
one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
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-ist |
one who specializes in |
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-meter |
instrument for measuring |
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-metry |
process of measuring |
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-poiesis |
formation |
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-scope |
instrument for examination |
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-scopy |
process of examination |
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-stasis |
stop or stand |