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20 Cards in this Set
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Suffix: -a
Meaning/Example |
convderts a word root to a noun
gravida (pregnant) |
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Suffix: -algia
Meaning/Example |
pain
gastralgia (stomach pain) |
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Suffix: -blast
Meaning/Example |
immature, embryonic
osteoblast (immature bone cell) |
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Suffix: --cele
Meaning/Example |
hernia, protrusion
cystocele (protrusion of the bladder) |
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Suffix: -cide
Meaning/Example |
kill
bactericide (to kill bacteria) |
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Suffix: -cise
Meaning/Example |
cut
incision (to cut into) |
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Suffix: -cie
Meaning/Example |
small
vesicle (a small bladder or blister) |
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Suffix: -coccus
Meaning/Example |
berry-shaped
streptococcus (berry-shaped bacteria in twisted chains) |
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Suffix: -cyte
Meaning/Example |
cell
leukocyte (white blood cell) |
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Suffix: -dynia
Meaning/Example |
pain
cardiodynia (heart pain) |
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Suffix: -ectasis
Meaning/Example |
dilatation
bronchiectasis (dilated bronchi) |
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Suffix: -ectopia
Meaning/Example |
displacement
corectopia (pupil of the eye not centered) |
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Suffix: -emia
Meaning/Example |
condition of the blood
oxemia (oxygen in the blood) |
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Suffix: -er
Meaning/Example |
one who
radiographer (one who processes x-rays) |
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Suffix: -gen
Meaning/Example |
that which produces
mutagen (that which produces mutations) |
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Suffix: -genesis
Meaning/Example |
produces, generates
osteogenesis (produces bone) |
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Suffix: -genic
Meaning/Example |
producing
carcinogenic (producing cancer) |
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Suffix: -ia
Meaning/Example |
state, condition
hemiplegia (conditon of being half paralyzed) |
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Suffix: -iasis
Meaning/Example |
abnormal condition
lithiasis (abnormal condition of stones) |
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Suffix: -iatric
Meaning/Example |
medicine, physician
phychiatric (medical field relating to the mind) |
