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Etymology Suffixes Flashcards

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-ac(o)usia, -ac(o)usis

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hearing

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-ago, -igo

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disease

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-agra

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violent pain

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-al, -ar, -ary

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pertaining to

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-algesia

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excessive sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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-angio

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vessel

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-aphia

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touch

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-ase

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denotes an enzyme

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-asthenia

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weakness; loss of strength

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-asthesia

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feeling

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-ate

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denotes the salt of an acid ending in ‘ic’

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-auxe

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enlargement

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-avivo

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without life

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-be

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life; organism

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-blast

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embryonic cell

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-cele

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swelling; herniation; sac-like dilation

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-cerus, -ceros

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corn; horn

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-cide

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a killer; destroyer

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-clasis

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breaking up; dissolution

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-clastic

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pertaining to dissolution

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-clysis

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irrigation; washing

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-col

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glue; jelly; gelatin

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cyte

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cell

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-derm

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layer of tissue

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-duct

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to lead or draw

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasia, -estasis

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expansion; dilatation; stretching

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-ectomy

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a cutting out; surgical removal or excision

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-extopia, -ectopy

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displacement; malposition

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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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blood condition; of the blood

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-esthesia

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sensation; feeling

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-form

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resemblance

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39
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-gen

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producer

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-genesis

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production; development; formation

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-genic

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producing; causing; forming

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-geus(t)ia

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geusis; taste

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43
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-gon

A

angled figure

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44
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-grade

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trend; current; progression

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-gram

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visual record

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46
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-graph(y)

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visualization; machine; instrument for recording

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47
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-hemia

A

blood condition

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48
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-ia

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pathological condition

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-iasis, -iosis

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a process, condition, or state

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-iatrics, -iatry

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healing; medical art

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ism

A

condition

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-ist

A

one who specializes in

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-kinesia

A

movement

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-lith, -lite

A

stone; calculus

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-logy, -ology

A

study of; science of

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-lysis

A

breaking down; loosening; destruction

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-malacia

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softening

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-mania

A

madness; insane desire

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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-metry

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measurement

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-odia

A

smell

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-odynia

A

pain

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-oid

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resembling; like

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-ol, -oleum

A

oil

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-ologist

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one who studies

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-oma, -oncus

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tumor; new growth

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-opia, -opsia, -opsy

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vision

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-orexia, -orexis

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appetite

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-orrhagia

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rapid discharge; hemorrhage

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-orrhaphy, -rraphy

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suture

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-orrhea

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flow; discharge

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-orrhexis

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rupture

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-ose

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denotes a sugar or carbohydrate

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-osis

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action of; condition of; abnormal condition

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-osphresia, -osphresis, -osmia

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smell

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-ostomy

A

formation of a new opening

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-otomy

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incision; cutting into

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-ous

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pertaining to; containing

83
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-pathy

A

disease

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-penia

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deficiency; poverty; insufficiency; lack

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phage, -phagia, -phagy

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to eat; devour; swallowing

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-phile

A

lover

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-phobia

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abnormal fear; morbid fear

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-phore

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bearer

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-phoria

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feeling; bearing

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-phyma

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swelling

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-plasia

A

formation; development

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-plasm

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formed substance

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-plasty

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surgical repair; plastic surgery

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-plegia

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stroke; paralysis

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-pnea

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breathing

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-poiesis

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formation; generation

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-ptosis

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a falling; prolapse; sagging

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-rhage, -rrhagi

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discharge; a bursting forth

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-rhea, -rrae, -rrhea

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abnormal or excessive flow; non-blood discharge

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-schisis

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splitting

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument for (visual) examination

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-scopy

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see; examination

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-sepsis

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infection

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-some

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body

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-spasm

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spasm; twitching

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-stasis

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standing still; position; stopping; controlling; checking

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-stat

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stationary; set; devise to check or stop

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-staxis

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discharge by drops

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-stenosis

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stricture

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-stomy

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surgical formation of an orifice

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-taxis

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movement in response to stimulus

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-therapy

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treatment

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-thrix

A

thread

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

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surgical incision

119
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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

120
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-trophy

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nourish; development

121
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-tropic, -trope

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a turning

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-uria

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urine; condition of urine

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-vivo

A

life

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vitro

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artificial life

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