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27 Cards in this Set
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Suffix |
End of word Rules: last vowel can be changed or dropped |
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Ac, ic, al |
Pertain to (cardiac- pertaining to heart) |
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Algia |
Pain (neuralgia- pain in nerves ) |
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Cele |
Protrusion (desmetocele- ulceration or cornea) |
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Centesis |
Surgical (sx) puncture to remove fluid (abdominocentesis) |
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Cystocentesis |
Cyst/o/centesis (r)(cv)(s) sx puncture to remove fluid from the bladder |
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Cle, cule, ole, ule |
Small ( molecule arteriole- small arteries venuole- small veins) |
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Cyte |
Cell (leukocyte- white blood cell erythrocyte-red blood cell) |
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Ectomy |
Cut out (appendectomy) |
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Ovariohysterectomy |
Ovari/o/hyster/ectomy (r)(cv)(r)(s) spay |
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Emesis |
Vomiting (Hematemesis- v+ blood, anitemetic- cerenia) |
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Emia |
Blood |
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Osis, tion |
State or condition of |
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Genesis |
Origin (pathogenesis- origin of d/z) |
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Gram, graphy |
Written record (cardiogram- written record of the heart) |
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Graph |
Instrument that records (cardiograph) |
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Itis |
Inflammation (gastr/o/enter/itis- (r)(cv)(r)(s) inflamed stomach and intestine) |
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Gen |
Producing (carcinogen- producing cancer, pathogen) |
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Oma |
Tumor (carcinoma- cancerous tumors) |
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Penia |
Lack of (panleokopenia) |
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Phage |
Eating (coprophage- eating feces, macrophage- lg engulfing cells ) |
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Plasia |
Growing, change (neoplasia) |
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Pnea |
Breathing (dyspnea- difficult breathing, apnea- lack of breathing) |
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Rrhea |
Flow, discharge (d+, seborrhea- flow of sebum[greasy]) |
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Rrhexis |
Rupture (enterorrhexis- intestinal rupture) |
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Scope |
Instrument for examining (microscope, endoscope- examine body interior, otoscope- examine ears) |
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Stomy |
Sx opening (cystomy- sx opening in bladder) |
