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1
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-a

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noun ending, no meaning

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-ad

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toward

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-algia

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pain

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-amnios

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amnion, amniotic fluid

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-apheresis

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removal

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-ar / -ary / -ic / -ior / -ous

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pertaining to

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-carcinoma

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cancerous tumor

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-cele

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hernia, protrusion, swelling

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

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-crine

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to secrete

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cyte

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cell

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-desis

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surgical fixation, fusion

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-drome

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run, running

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-e

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noun ending, no meaning

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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stretching out, dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal, cut out

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21
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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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in the blood

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-esis

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condition

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-gram

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the record, radiographic image

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-graph

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instrument used to record, the record

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-graphy

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process of recording, radiographic imaging

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-ia

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condition of, diseased state, abnormal state or condition

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-iasis

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condition

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31
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-iatrist

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specialist

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-iatry

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specialty, treatment

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-ictal

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seizure, attack

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-ism

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state of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

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specialist who studies and treats

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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separating, loosening, dissolution

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlarged, enlargement

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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measuring, process of measuring

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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-opia

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vision

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-opsy

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viewing, process of viewing

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-osis

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abnormal condition, increased number (blood)

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-paresis

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slight paralysis

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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

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abnormal reduction in number

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-pexy

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surgical fixation, suspension

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-phage

A

eat, swallow

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-phobia

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aversion, abnormal fear

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-physis

A

growth

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-plasia

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formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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growth, substane, formation

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-poiesis

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formation

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-ptosis

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prolapse, drooping

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-rrhage

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excessive bleeding

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-rrhagia

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excessive bleeding

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-rrhaphy

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repairing, suturing

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-salpinx

A

fallopian tube, uterine tube

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-sarcoma

A

malignant tumor

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-schisis

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split, fissure

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

A

instrument used for visual examination

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-scopic

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pertaining to visual examination

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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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-spasm

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sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle

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-stasis

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stop, control, standing

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-stenosis

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constriction, narrowing

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-stomy

A

creation of artificial opening

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-thorax

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chest cavity, chest

81
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-tocia

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labor, birth

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-tome

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instrument used to cut

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-tomy

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incision, cut into

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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-um

A

no meaning

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-uria

A

urine, urination

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-us

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no meaning

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-atresia

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occlusion, closure

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-clesis

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surgical closure

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-cision

A

process of cutting

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-ferous

A

pertaining to

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-genesis

A

beginning, development, production

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-ia

A

diseased state, abnormal state, condition of, condition

95
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-ile

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pertaining to

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-ism

A

state of, condition

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-tion

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process of

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-lith

A

stone

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-ptysis

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spitting, coughing

100
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-blast

A

immature cell, embryonic

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-cytosis

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abnormal condition of cells (increase)

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-globin

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protein

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-ade

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process of

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-dynia

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pain

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-gia

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pain

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-ion

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process

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