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-er, -ist

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one who

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-iatrician

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practitioner

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-logist

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one who studies; specialist

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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

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pertaining to

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-logic, -logical

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pertaining to the study of

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-logy

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study of science

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cardi/o

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heart

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crin/o

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to secrete

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dermat/o

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skin

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esthesi/o

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feeling or sensation

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gastr/o, enter/o

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stomach, intestines

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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

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elderly

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gynec/o

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female

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immun/o

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immune

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ne/o, nat/o

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new, birth

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neur/o

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nerve

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obstetr/o

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midwife

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onc/o

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tumor

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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orth/o, ped/o

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straight, child

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ot/o, laryng/o

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ear, larynx

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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radiation

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rheumat/o

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rheumatism

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rhin/o

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nose

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ur/o

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urinary tract

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aden/o

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gland

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angi/o

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vessel

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append/o, appendix/o

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appendix

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bi/o

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life or living

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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cerebr/o, encephal/o

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brain

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chir/o

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hand

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col/o

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colon or large intestine

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cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o

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skin

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faci/o

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face

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hepat/o

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liver

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mamm/o, mast/o

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breast

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muscul/o, my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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bone marrow or spinal cord

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oste/o

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bone

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pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

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lungs

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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vas/o

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vessel

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-ectasia, -ectasis

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dilation

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-edema

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swelling

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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condition of the blood

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-ia, -iasis

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condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

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stone

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-malacia

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-softening

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-mania

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excessive preoccupation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phobia

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abnormal fear

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-ptosis

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prolapse

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

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twitching, cramp

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-able, -ible

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capable

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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic

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pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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-eum, -ium

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membrane

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-ia, -ism

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condition or theory

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-iac

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one who suffers

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-opia

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vision

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-ose

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sugar

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-ous

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pertaining to or characterized by

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-y

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state or condition

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adip/o, lip-o

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fat

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amyl/o

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starch

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glyc/o

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sugar

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hemat/o

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blood

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lact/o

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milk

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lith/o

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stone

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micro-

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small

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muc/o

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mucus

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prote/o, protein/o

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protein

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pyr/o

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fire