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33 Cards in this Set
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Condition |
Abstract noun |
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-ac (rare) |
Pert. To, located in |
Forms Adjective |
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-ia (often appears as -y) |
Condition |
Forms abstract noun |
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-iac (rare) |
Person affiliated with |
Forms nouns |
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-iasis |
Disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of: often used with name of a parasitic organism to indicate infestation of body by that organism. When used with lith- = formation of stones (calculu) |
Forms abstract noun |
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-ic |
Pert. To, located in
Used as noun and adjectives: Nouns: drug or agent |
Forms adjectives |
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-in, -ine |
Form name for substances |
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-ist |
A person interested in |
Forms nouns |
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-itic |
Pert. to, pert. to inflam.,
If used as noun: drug or agent |
Forms adjectives |
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-itis |
Inflammation |
Forms nouns |
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-itides |
Plural form of -itis Inflam. |
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-ium (rarely -eum) |
Membrane, connective tissue, region of the body (few words) |
Forms nouns |
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-ma |
Abnormal or diseased condition |
Forms nouns |
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-osis |
Abnormal or diseased condition |
Forms nouns |
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-otic |
Pert. to |
Forms adjectives from nouns ending in -osis |
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-sia |
Condition |
Forms abstract noun |
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-sis |
Condition |
Forms abstract noun |
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-tic |
Pert. to |
Forms adjectives from nouns ending in -sis Nouns: indicate drug or agent |
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-al |
Pert. to, located in |
Latin derived adjectival suffix |
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-ase |
Forms names of enzymes |
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-asia, -asis (rare) |
Condition |
Forms abstract noun |
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-ema or -emat |
Condition |
Forms abstract noun |
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-esis |
Condition, procedure |
Forms abstract noun |
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-etic |
Pert. to |
Forms adjectives |
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-ics, -tics |
Indicating a particular science or study |
Forms nouns |
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-ism |
Condition, quality |
Forms abstract noun |
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-ismus |
Condition, muscular spasm |
Forms abstract noun |
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-oid (rarely -ode, -id) |
Indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance, like |
Forms both nouns and adjectives |
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-oma, -omat, -omata (plural) |
Usually tumor, occasionally disease |
Forms abstract noun |
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-ose |
Form names of chemical substances, full of, resembling |
Latin-derived adjectival suffix |
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-ous |
Pert. to, characterized by, full of |
Latin-derived adjectival suffix |
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-us |
Condition, person (sometimes malformed fetus) |
Latin noun-forming ending |
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-ize |
To make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in |
Commonly used Greek-derived suffix |
