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62 Cards in this Set
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-centisis
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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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-rraphy
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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, or 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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-lasis
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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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-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 , structure
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-toxic
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poison
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-trophy
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nourishment , development
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adjective suffix
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suffixes used to modify a noun.
ex- cardiac -- ac is the ad suffix which modifies the noun of cardi |
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noun suffix
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suffixes that form a noun when combined with a WR
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diminutive suffix
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forms a word designating a smaller version of the object indicated by the WR
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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 suffix---condition
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-esis , -ia, -ism
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noun suffix---medicine , treatment
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-iatry
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noun suffix---specialist
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-ician, -ist
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noun suffix---condition, process
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-y
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diminutive suffix ---small, minute
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-icle, -ole, -ule
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plurals rule :
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add s or es to the singular form of a word
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