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Diagnostic procedures

-gram

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a record of data

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Diagnostic procedures

-graph

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instrument for recording data

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Diagnostic procedures

-graphy

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act of recording

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Diagnostic procedures

-meter

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instrument for measuring

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Diagnostic procedures

-scope

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instrument for viewing or examining

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Diagnostic procedures

-scopy

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examination of

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Surgery

-centesis

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puncture tap

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Surgery

-desis

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binding, fusion

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Surgery

-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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Surgery

-pexy

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surgical fixation

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Surgery

-plasty

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plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

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Surgery

-(r)raphy

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surgical repair, suture

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Surgery

-tome

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instrument for incising (cutting)

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Surgery

-tomy

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incision, cutting

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Surgery

-tripsy

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crushing

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Diagnosis procedures

-metry

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measurement of

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Disease

-algia, -algesia

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pain

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Disease

-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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Disease

-clasis, -clasia

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breaking

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Disease

-itis

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inflammation

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Disease

-megaly

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enlargement

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Disease

-odynia

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pain

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Disease

-oma

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tumor

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Disease

-pathy

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any disease of

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Disease | -rhage, rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
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Disease | -rhea
flow, discharge
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Disease | -rhexis
rupture
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Disease | -schisis
fissure, splitting
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *dilation, *dilatation
expansion, widening
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *ectasia, *ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *malacia
softening
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *necrosis
death of tissue
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *ptosis
dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *sclerosis
hardening
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *stasis
suppression, stoppage
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *stenosis
narrowing, constriction
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Words for Disease used as Suffix | *toxin
poison
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Surgery | -stomy
surgical creation of an opening
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Drugs | -lytic (adjective of lysis)
dissolving, reducing, loosening
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Drugs | -mimetic
mimicking, simulating
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Drugs | -tropic
acting on
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Blood | -emia, hemic
condition of blood
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Blood | -penia
decrease in, deficiency of
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Blood | -poiesis
formation, production
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Respiration | -pnea
breathing
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Respiration | -oxia
level of oxygen
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Respiration | -capnia
level of carbon dioxide
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Respiration | -phonia
voice
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Nervous | -phasia
speech
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Nervous | -lalia
speech, babble
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Nervous | -lexia
reading
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Nervous | -plegia
paralysis
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Nervous | -paresis
partial paralysis, weakness
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Nervous | -lepsy
seizure
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Nervous | -phobia
persistent, irrational fear
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Nervous | -mania
excited state, obsession
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Senses | -esthesia
sensation
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Senses | -algesia
pain
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Senses | -osmia
sense of smell
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Senses | -geusia
sense of taste
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Eye | -opsia
condition of vision
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Eye | -opia
condition of the eye, vision

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