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115 Cards in this Set
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Suffix |
Word endings are called |
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-ac, -iac |
Pertaining |
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-al |
Pertaining to |
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-algia |
Pain |
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-ar |
Pertaining to |
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-arch |
Beginning |
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-ary |
Pertaining to |
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-ase |
Enzyme |
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-blast |
Embryonic, immature |
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-cele |
Hernia |
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-centesis |
Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
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-chezia |
Defaction, elimination of wastes |
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-coccus (plural) cocci (singular) |
Berry - shaped bacterium |
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-crine |
To secrete |
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-cyesis |
Pregnancy |
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-cyte |
Cell |
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-drome |
To run |
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-dynia |
Pain |
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-eal |
Pertaining to |
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-ectasis -ectasia |
Dilation, widening |
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-ectomy |
Removal, excision, resection |
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-emesis |
Vomiting |
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-emia |
Blood condition |
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-er |
One who |
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-genesis |
Process of producing, forming |
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-fusion |
Coming together; to pour |
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-gen |
Substance that produces |
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-genesis |
Formation |
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-genic |
Pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in |
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-globin |
Protein |
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-gram |
Record (image) |
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-graph |
Istrument to record |
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-graphy |
Process of recording |
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-gravida |
Pregnant |
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Hyper- |
Excessive, above, more than normal |
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Hypo- |
Deficient, below, under, less than normal |
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-ia |
Condition |
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-iac |
Pertaining to |
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-iasis |
Abnormal condition |
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-ic, ical |
Pertaining to |
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-ion |
Process |
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-ior |
Pertaining to |
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-ism |
Process, condition |
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-ist |
Specialist |
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-itis |
Inflammation |
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-lapse |
To slide, fall, sag |
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-logy |
Process of study |
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-lysis |
Breakdown, seperation, destruction |
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-malacia |
Softening |
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-megaly |
Enlargement |
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-meter |
To measure |
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-mission |
To send |
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-oid |
Resembling, derived from |
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-ole |
Little, small |
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-oma |
Tumor, mass, swelling |
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-one |
Hormone |
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-opsy |
Process of viewing |
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-or |
One who |
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-ose |
Pertaining to, full of |
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-osis |
Condition, abnormal condition |
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-ous |
Pertaining to |
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-oxia |
Oxygen |
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Paresis |
Weakness |
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-parous |
Bearing, bringing forth |
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-partum |
Birth, labor |
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-pathy |
Process of disease |
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-penia |
Deficiency, less than normal |
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-pepsia |
Digestion |
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Peri- |
Surrounding, around |
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-pexy |
Fixation |
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-phagia |
Eating, swallowing |
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-phasia |
Speech |
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-phobia |
Fear of |
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-phoria |
To bear, carry, feeling (mental state) |
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-physis |
To grow |
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-plasia |
Condition of formation growth |
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-plasm |
Structure or formation |
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-plasty |
Surgical repair |
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-plegia |
Paralysis (loss of impairment of the ability to move parts of the body) |
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-pnea |
Breathing |
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-poietin |
Substance that forms |
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Prandial |
Meal |
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-praxia |
Action |
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-ptosis |
Drooping, falling, prolapse |
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-ptysis |
Spitting |
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-rrhage -rrhagia |
Bursting forth (of blood) |
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-rrhaphy |
Suture |
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-rrhea |
Flow, discharge |
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-salpinx |
Fallopian (uterine) tube |
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-sclerosis |
Hardening, to harden |
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-scope |
Instrument to visually examine |
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-scopy |
Process of visual examination |
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-sis |
State of condition |
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-some |
Bodies |
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-spasm |
Involuntary contraction of muscles |
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-stasis |
To stop, control |
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-stenosis |
Narrowing, tightening |
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-sthenia |
Strength |
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-stomy |
Opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
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Sub- |
Below, under |
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-syncop/o |
To cut off, cut short |
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Tax/o |
Order, coordination |
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-therapy |
Treatment |
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-tic |
Pertaining to |
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-tocia |
Labor, birth |
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-tomy |
-process of cutting, incision |
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-tresia |
Opening |
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-tripsy |
Crushing |
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-trophy |
Development, nourishment |
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-type |
Picture, classification |
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-ule |
Little, small |
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-um, -ium |
Structure, tissue |
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-uria |
Urination; urine condition |
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-version |
Turning |
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-y |
Process, condition |
