Chapter 1 Common suffixes
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| ac | pertaining to
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| cardiac | pertaining to the heart
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| al | pertaining to
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| renal | pertaining to the kidney
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| an | pertaining
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| ovarian | pertaining to the ovary
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| ar | pertaining to
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| lumbar | pertaining to the loin or lower back
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| ary | pertaining to
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| alimentary | pertaining to the gastrointestinal tract
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| eal | pertaining to
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| laryngeal | pertaining to the larynx
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| ic | pertaining to
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| enteric | pertaining to the intestines
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| ine | pertaining to
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| uterine | pertaining to the uterus
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| ous | pertaining to
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| cutaneous | pertaining to the skin
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| tic | pertaining to
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| nephrotic | pertaining to the nephron (kidneys)
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| centesis | surgical puncture into
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| cystocentesis | surgical puncture with a needle into the urinary bladder
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| ectomy | surgical removal of
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| ovariohysterectomy | surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus
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| emia | blood
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| hypocalcemia | low blood calcium
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| gram | a record of
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| electrocardiogram | a record of the electrical styidy of the heart
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| graph | a record with an instrument
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| radiograph | a record made using radiation
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| graphy | the act of recording using an instrument
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| radiography | the act of taking a picture using radiation
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| itis | inflammation
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| colitis | inflammation of the colon
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| logy | study of
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| histology | the study of tissue
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| megaly | enlargement of
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| cardiomegal | enlargement of the heart
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| lysis | to break down
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| urinalysis | the breakdown of urine into its parts
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| osis | condition
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| osteoporosis | condition of bone loss
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| pathy | disease
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| cardiopathy | heart disease
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| pext | to suture to
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| gastropexy | to suture to the stomach
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| plasty | to surgically repair
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| rhinoplasty | to surgically repair the nose
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| rrhage | to burst
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| hemmorrhage | the bursting of blood
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| rrhea | to flow
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| diarrhea | the flow of feces
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| scope | instrument used to view
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| microscope | instrument used to view small objects
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| scopy | the act of using an instrument for viewing
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| endoscopy | the act of using a scope to view the insides of the body
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| stomy | to create a new surgical opening
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| cystostomy | to create a new surgical opening in the urinary bladder
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| therapy | treatment
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| chemotherapy | chemical therapy
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| tomy | to cut into surgically, to make an incision
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| cystotomy | to make an incision into the urianry bladder
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