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73 Cards in this Set
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-ac
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pertaining or relating to
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-ad
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toward
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-al
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pertaining or relating to
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-algia
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pain
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-ase
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enzyme
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-blast
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immature precursor cell
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-cele
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swelling, hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cide
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kill
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suicide
genocide |
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-cise
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cut
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circumcise
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-clast
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something that breaks; to break
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-cyte
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cell
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-desia
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surgical fixation, fusion
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-eal
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pertaining to
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peroneal
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-ectasis
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expansion, dilation
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-emia
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condition of the blood
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-esis
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condition, action, process
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-genesis
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origination
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-genic
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produced by
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-gram
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written record or picture
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-graph
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record or picture
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-graphy
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a writing, description
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-ia
-iac |
condition of, pertaining to
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-iasis
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presence of
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-id
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condition of
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ism
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process
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lith
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stone
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-logia
-logy |
study of
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-lysis
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dreakdown, destruction
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-megaly
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large, enlargement
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-oid
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resembling
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-ology
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study of
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cardiology
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-oma
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tumor or neoplasm
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-osis
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condition
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-parous
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giving birth
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-pathy
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disease
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-penia
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few, deficiency
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-pexy
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fixation
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-phasia
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speech
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-phil
-phile -philia |
attraction for
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philosophy
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-phobia
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abnormal fear
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-plasia
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growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-poiesis
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production, formation
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-praxia
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movement
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-rrhage
-rrhgia |
excessive, abnormal flow
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-rrhaphy
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to stitch or suture
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-rrhea
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fluid discharge or flow
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-scope
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an instrument for viewing
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-scopy
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to visualize
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-sect
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to cut
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-sis
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state of
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-spasm
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twitch, involuntary muscle contraction
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-stalsis
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constriction, contraction
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-stenosis
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abnormal narrowing, stricture
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-stomy
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artificial or surgical opening
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-taxis
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movement toward a stimulus
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-tome
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part or section; instrument or cutting
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-tomy
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incision, cutting
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-trophy
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growth, nourishment
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-uria
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pertaining to the urine
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List 4 subcategories of suffixes meaning 'condition of'.
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-iac -id -osis |
myalgia
cardiac invalid cirrhosis |
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List 6 subcategories of suffixes meaning 'pertaining to'
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-ac
-al -eal -ia -iac -ic |
iliac
brachial peroneal insomnia cardiac cephalic |
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List 5 subcategories of suffixes meaning 'Medical Specialty'
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-logy
-ist -ian -iatrics -iatry |
physiology
dentist pediatrician geriatrics podiatry |
