Suffixes (go at the end) Flashcards


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-itis

inflammation of

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-otomy

cut into (make an incision)

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-ectomy

cut and remove (surgically)

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-scopy

the process of looking

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-scope

an instrument used for viewing

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-ist

a specialist (in that field of medicine or practice)

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-ology

they study of

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-meter

an instrument that measures

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-phile

loves / attracted to

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-phobe

hates / fear of

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-trophy

growth

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-physis

growth

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-megaly

enlarged / swollen

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-algia

pain

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-oma

a swelling / tumor

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-penia

lack of / deficiency

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-opia

vision

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-pathy

disease

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-mycosis

relating to fungi

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-sepsis

relating to bacteria (infection)

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-genic

starting / creating / cause

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-rrhea

discharge / flow

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-pexy

surgically attaching

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-phasia

speech

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-phagia

eating / swallowing

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-ic, -ous, -ia, -os

pertaining to

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-osis

condition of (symptom)

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-lysis

breaking down / dissolving

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-gram

picture / recording

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-graph

instrument for recording / taking picture