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-er, -ist

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one who

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-iatrition

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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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-iatrics, -iatry

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medical profession or treatment

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-logy

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study of science of

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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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obster/o

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midwife

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onc/o

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tumor

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ophtham/o

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eye

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orth/o

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straight (bone)

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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 (or radius)

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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 (urine)

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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-lysis

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loosening, freeing, destroying

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-scopy

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visual examination with instrument

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-stomy

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formation of an opening

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-tome

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instrument used for cutting

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-tomy

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incision

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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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, appendic/o

A

appendix

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bi/o

A

life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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cerebr/o, encephal/o

A

brain

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chir/o

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hand

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col/o

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colon, 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, spinal cord

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oste/o

A

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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tonsils

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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

A

pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-ectasia, -ectasis

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dilation, enlargement, stretching

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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

A

condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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-malacia

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soft, 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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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-phobia

A

abnormal fear

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-ptosis

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prolapse (sagging)

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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flow, 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 of, able to

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

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pertaining to

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-ase

A

enzyme

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-eum, -ium

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membrane

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-ia, -ism

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condition, theory

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-iac

A

one who suffers

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-opia

A

vision

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-ose

A

sugar

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-ous

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pertaining to, characterized by

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-y

A

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

A

fire

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