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1
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-pexy

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Surgical Fixation

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  • ac
  • iac
  • al
  • eal
  • ar
  • ary
  • ic
  • ical
  • ous
  • tic
  • ior
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Pertaining To

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-ia

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Condition

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-ion

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Process

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-y

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Condition

Process

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-osis

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Condition

Usually Abnormal

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-iasis

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Abnormal Condition

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-ema

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Condition

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  • er

- or

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One Who

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-ist

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Specialist

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-ose

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Pertaining To

Full Of

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-iod

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Resembling

Derived From

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  • ole

- ule

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Small

Little

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  • um

- ium

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Tissue

Structure

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-us

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Structure

Substance

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-scope

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Instrument to Visually Examine

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-scopy

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Process of Visually Examining

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-graph

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Instrument for Recording

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-graphy

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Process of Recording

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-algia

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Pain

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-dynia

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Pain

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-oma

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Tumor
Mass
Collection of Fluid

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-opsy

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To View

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-cyte

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Cell

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-emia

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Blood Condition

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-cele

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Hernia

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-centesis

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Surgical Puncture to Remove Fluid

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-ectomy

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Excision

Removal

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-tomy

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Incision

Process of Cutting

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-genesis

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Condition of Producing

Forming

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-gram

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Record

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-malacia

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Softening

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis

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Breakdown
Destruction
Seperation

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-pathy

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Disease Condition

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-plasty

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Surgical Repair

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-ptosis

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Drooping
Sagging
Prolapse

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-plasia

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Development
Growth
Formation

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-phasia

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Speech

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-phagia

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Eating

Swallowing

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-phobia

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Fear

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

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-stasis

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Stopping

Controlling

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-stomy

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Opening to Form a Mouth

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-trophy

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Development

Nourishment

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-blast

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Embryonic

Immature

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-crine

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Secrete

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-cyesis

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Pregnancy

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-drome

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To Run

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-fusion

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To Pour

Coming Together

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-gen

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Substance That Produces

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-lapse

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To Slide, Fall, Sag

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-meter

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To Measure

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-partum

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Birth

Labor

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-phoria

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To Bear
To Carry
Feeling

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-physis

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To Grow

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-plasm

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Structure

Formation

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-rrhea

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Flow

Discharge

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-rrhaphy

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To Suture

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  • rrhage

- rrhagia

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Bursting Forth of Blood

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-ase

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Enzyme

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-chezia

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Defecation

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-prandial

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Meal

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-poietin

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Substance That Forms

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-tripsy

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To Crush

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-uria

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Urination

Urine Condition

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-ectasis

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Dilation
Widening
Stretching

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-stenosis

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Stricture
Tightening
Narrowing

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-tresia

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Opening

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-tocia

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Labor

Birth

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-version

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Act of Turning

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-salpinx

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Uterine Tube

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-gravida

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Pregnant

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-one

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Horomone

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-praxia

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Action

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-sthenia

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Strength

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-paresis

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Weakness

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-lepsy

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Seizure

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  • kinesia

- kinesis

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Movement

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-kinetic

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Movement

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-algesia

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Excessive Sensitivity to Pain

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-esthesia

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Feeling

Nervous Sensation

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-capnia

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Carbon Dioxide

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-osmia

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Smell

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-oxia

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Oxygen

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-phonia

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Voice

Sound

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-ptysis

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Spitting

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-sphyxia

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Pulse

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-thorax

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Chest

Pleural Cavity

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-porosis

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Condition of pores

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-agon

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To Gather Together

Assemble

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-tropin

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Simulate the Function of

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  • in

- ine

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Substance

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  • opsia

- opia

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Vision Condition

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-otia

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Ear Condition

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-listhesis

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