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PTAP Chapt 3
Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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berry-shaped bacteria in clusters | staphylococci |
to hold back blood from cells | ischemia |
a clotting cell; platelet | thrombocyte |
a red blood cell | erythrocyte |
a mononuclear leukocyte that is a phagocyte | monocyte |
a mononuclear leukocyte that destroys foreign cells by making antibodies | lymphocyte |
-lysis | separation, destruction |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-megaly | enlargement |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-stasis | stop; control |
-plasia | formation |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-ptosis | prolapse |
-stomy | new opening |
-tomy | incision |
-opsy | to view |
-ectomy | removal |