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97 Cards in this Set
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-dynia |
pain |
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-algia |
pain |
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-a |
noun ending |
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-ate |
something that |
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-e |
noun ending |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-er |
one who |
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-esis |
condition of |
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-ia |
condition |
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-iatry |
treatment medicine |
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-ion |
action process |
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-ism |
condition |
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-ist |
practitioner |
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-ole |
small little |
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-tion |
process of |
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-ula |
small little |
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-ule |
small one |
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-um |
singular noun ending |
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-us |
singular noun ending |
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-y |
noun ending |
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how do you make a word ending in -a plural? |
change -a to -ae ex: pleura > plurae |
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How do you make a word ending in -ax plural? |
change -ax to -aces ex: thorax > thoraces |
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How do you make a word ending in -is plural? |
change -is to -es ex: crisis > crises |
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How do you make a word ending in -ix or -ex plural? |
change -ix or -ex to -ices ex: appendix > appendices |
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How do you make a word ending in -on plural? |
change -on to -a ex: ganglion > ganglia |
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How do you make a word ending in -um plural? |
change -um to -a ex: bacterium > bacteria |
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How do you make a word ending in -us plural? |
change -us to -i ex: bronchus > bronchi |
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How do you make a word ending in -ma plural? |
change -ma to -mata ex: fibroma > fibromata |
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-ac |
pertaining to |
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-al |
pertaining to |
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-ar |
pertaining to |
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-ar |
pertaining to |
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-ary |
pertaining to relating to |
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-eal |
pertaining to |
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-ic |
pertaining to |
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-ical |
pertaining to |
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-ile |
pertaining to capable |
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-oid |
resembling |
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-ory |
pertaining to characterized by |
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-ous |
pertaining to characterized by |
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-tic |
pertaining to |
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-ian |
specialist in a field of study |
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-ician |
specialist in a field of study |
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-iatrics |
a field of medicine |
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-iatry |
a field of medicine |
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-iatrist |
specialist in a field of study |
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-ist |
one who |
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-logist |
one who specializes in the study of |
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-logy |
the study of |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture |
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-clasis |
crushing breaking up |
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-desis |
binding surgical fusion |
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-ectomy |
surgical removal of |
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-ize |
to make to treat to combine with |
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-gram |
record picture |
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-graph |
an instrument used to record |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-lysis |
destruction detachment |
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-meter |
an instrument used to measure |
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-metry |
the process of measuring |
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-pexy |
surgical fixation |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-rhaphy |
suturing |
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-scope |
an instrument used to view |
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-scopy |
the process of viewing with a scope |
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-stomy |
surgical creation of a new opening |
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-tomy |
incision into |
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-tripsy |
intentional crushing |
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-ad |
toward |
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-algesia |
sensitivity to pain |
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-algia |
pain |
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-blast |
immature embryonic |
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-cele |
herniation |
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-cide |
to kill to destroy |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-dynia |
pain |
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-ectasia |
stretching dilation |
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-genesis |
generating formation |
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-genic |
pertaining to formation |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-lepsy |
seizure |
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-lith |
stone |
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-lithiasis |
presence or formation of calculi |
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-mania |
mental disorder |
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-megaly |
enlargement |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-opia |
visual condition |
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-osis |
condition |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-penia |
decreased in deficiency |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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-ptosis |
drooping prolapse |
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-rhagia |
excessive flow profuse discharge |
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-rhea |
drainage flow |
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-rhexis |
rupture |
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-stasis |
stopping controlling standing still |
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-uria |
a characteristic of urine |
