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1
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What is abdomin/o?

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Abdomen

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What is acr/o?

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Extremities, Top and extreme point

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What is acu/o?

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Sharp, severe, sudden

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What is aden/o?

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gland

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What is adip/o?

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fat

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What is amni/o?

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amnion (sac surrounding embryo and fetus in womb)

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What is angi/o?

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vessel

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What is arteri/o?

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Artery

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What is arthr/o?

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joint

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What is axill/o?

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armpit (think axe body spray)

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What is bi/o?

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life

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What is blephar/o?

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eyelid

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What is bronch/o?

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bronchial tubes (2 tubes one on the right one on the left, branching from the trachea to enter the lungs)

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What is carcin/o?

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cancerous

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What is cardi/o?

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heart

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What is chem/o?

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chemical, drug (Think Chemistry)

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What is chondr/o?

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cartilage (think about my chostolchondritis)

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What is chron/o?

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time (think chronological)

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What is col/o?

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Colon

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What is cyst/o?

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urinary bladder

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What is encephal/o?

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brain

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What is erythr/o?

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red (erythrocytes)

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What is hem/o?

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blood (Hemoglobin)

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What is hepat/o?

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liver

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What is hydr/o?

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water

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What is inguin/o?

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groin

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What is isch/o?

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to hold back

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What is lapar/o?

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abdomen/ abdominal wall

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What is laryng/o?

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larynx

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What is leuk/o?

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white (leukocytes)

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What is lymph/o?

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lymph (lymph nodes)

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What is mamm/o?

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breast (mammary glands)

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What is mast/o?

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breast

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What is morph/o?

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shape, form, change

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What is muc/o?

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mucus

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What is my/o?

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muscle

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What is myel/o?

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spinal cord

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What is necr/o?

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death- to cells or whole body (NECROmancy)

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What is neph/o?

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Kidney (Nephron)

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What is neur/o?

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nerve

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What is neutr/o?

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neutrophil (SPECIFIC WHITE BLOOD CELL)

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What is nucle/o?

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nucleus

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What is opthilam/o?

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eye

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What is opi/o?

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optimum

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What is oste/o?

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bone

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What is ot/o?

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ear

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47
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What is path/o?

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disease

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48
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What is peritone/o?

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peritoneum

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49
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What is phag/o?

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to eat/ to swallow

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What is phleb/o?

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vein (phlebotomy- draw blood from a vein)

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What is plas/o?

A

formation, development

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What is pleur/o?

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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent chest wall)

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What is pneumon/o?

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lungs (pneumonia- lungs filled with fluid)

54
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What is pulmon/o?

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lungs

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What is radi/o?

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x-ray

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What is rect/o?

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rectum

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What is ren/o?

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kidney

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What is rhin/o?

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nose (think rhinos have a big horn on their NOSE or, rhinoplasty AKA nose job)

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What is sarc/o?

A

flesh

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What is splen/o?

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spleen

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What is staphyl/o?

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clusters (think staph infection)

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What is strept/o?

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twisted chins (think streptococcus) (named because of BACTERIA SHAPE)

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What is torac/o?

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thorax/ chest

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What is thromb/o?

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clot (think thrombocytes/ platelets- clot wounds)

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What is tonsill/o?

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tonsils

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What is trache/o?

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trachea

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What is ven/o?

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vein

68
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What is -algia?

A

pain

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What is -cele?

A

hernia

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What is -centesis?

A

puncture to remove fluid (think amniocentesis)

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What is -coccus?

A

berry shaped bacterium (SINGULAR)

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What is -cocci?

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berry shaped bacterium (PLURAL)

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What is -cyte?

A

cell (oocyte, erythrocyte, leukocyte)

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What is -dynia?

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pain

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What is -ectomy?

A

removal, excision, resection

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What is -emia?

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blood condition (think anemia- deficiency of red blood cells)

77
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What is -genesis?

A

condition of producing or forming (think Spermatogenesis- creating sperm)

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What is -gram?

A

record (not to record on a phone, but to record something on paper (brainwaves, heart rate))

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What is -graph?

A

insturment for recording

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What is -graphy?

A

process of recording

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What is -itis?

A

inflammation

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What is -ology?

A

process of study

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What is -lysis?

A

breakdown, destruction, separation (analysis- breaking down what the problem is)

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What is -malacia?

A

softening

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What is -megaly?

A

enlargement

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What is -oma?

A

tumour (think teratoma)

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What is -opsy?

A

to view

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What is -osis?

A

condition, usually abnormal

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What is -pathy?

A

disease condition

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What is -penia?

A

deficiency

91
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What is -phobia?

A

irrational fear (my arachnophobia)

92
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What is -plasia?

A

development, formation, growth

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What is -plasty?

A

surgical repair

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What is -ptosis?

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dropping, falling, prolapse

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What is -rrhea?

A

discharge, flow

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What is -sclerosis?

A

hardening

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What is -scope?

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an instrument for visual examination

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What is -scopy?

A

process of visual examination

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What is -stasis?

A

Controlling or stopping (think maintaining homeostasis)

100
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What is -stomy?

A

opening to form a mouth (think stoma)

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What is -therapy?

A

form of treatment

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What is -tomy?

A

incision, cutting into

103
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What is -tropy?

A

development and nourishment

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What is -er?

A

one who

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What is -ia?

A

condition

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What is -ist?

A

specialist

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What is -oid?

A

resembling or derived from something (steriods)

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What is -ole?

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little/ small (arteriole)

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What is -ule?

A

little/ small

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What is -um, -ium?

A

structure, tissue

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What is -us?

A

structure, substance

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What is -y?

A

condition, process

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What is -ac, -iac?

A

pertaining to

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What is -al?

A

pertaining to

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What is -ar?

A

pertaining to

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What is -ary?

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pertaining to

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What is -eal?

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pertaining to

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What is -genic?

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pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in

119
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What is -ic, -ical?

A

pertaining to

120
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What is -ose?

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pertaining to, full of

121
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What is -ous?

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pertaining to

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What is -tic?

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pertaining to

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