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Medical Terminology Suffixes Flashcards

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-ac
-ad
-al
-ar
-ary
-ic
-ine
-on
-ous
-tic
-us

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Pertaining to

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-able

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Capable

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-age

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related to

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-algesia
-algia
-dynia

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Pain

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-ant

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Forming

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-ase

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Enzyme

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-asthenia
-paresis

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weakness

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-ate(d)

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Use, Action

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-betes

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To go

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-blast

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immature cell, germ cell

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-body
-some

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body

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-cele

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hernia, tumor, swelling

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-ceps

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Head

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-cide

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to kill

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-clasia

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A breaking

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-cle

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Small

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-clysis

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Injection

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-cope

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Strike

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-crit

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to sperate

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21
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-culture

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cultivation

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-cusis

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hearing

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-cuspid

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point

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cyst

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bladder

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-cyte

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Cell

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-desis

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Binding

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-drome

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A course

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-ectasia
-ectasy

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Dilation

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-ectasis

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Dilation, distension

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-ectomy

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Surgical excision

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33
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-edema

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Swelling

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34
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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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Blood condition

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36
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-er

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relating to, one who

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37
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-ergy

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work

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38
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-esthesia

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feeling

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-form

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shape

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-fuge

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to flee

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41
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-gen
-genesis
-genic
-plasia

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Formation, produce

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42
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-genes

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Produce

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43
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-gila

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glue

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44
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-globin

A

protein

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45
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-gnosis

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knowledge

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46
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-grade

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a step

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47
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-graft

A

Pencil, grafting knife

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48
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-gram

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A weight, mark, record

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49
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-graph

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to write, record

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graphy

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recording

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-hexia
-ia
-iasis
-ism
-ity
-osis
-sis

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Condition

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52
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-ide

A

Having a particular quality

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53
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-in

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Chemical, pertaining to

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54
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-ing

A

Quality of

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-ion

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-ist

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one who specializes

57
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-itis

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inflammation

58
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-ive

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Nature of, quality of

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-kinesia
-kinesis

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-lalia

61
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-lemma

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a sheath, rind

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-lepsy

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-lexia

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-liter

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-lith

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-logy

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the study of

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-lymph

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clear fluid

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-lysis

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destruction, to separate

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-mania

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-megaly

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Enlargement, Large

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-meter

A

Instrument to measure

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-metry

A

Measurement

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-mnesia

74
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-morph

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Shape, Form

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-noia

76
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-oid

77
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-ole

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-oma

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-omion

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-one

81
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-opia
-opsia

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Eye, Vision

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-opsy

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-or

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one who, a doer

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-ory

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like, resemble

85
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-orexia

86
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-ose

87
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-pathy

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-penia

A

Lack of, deficiency

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-pepsia

90
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-pexy

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Surgical Fixation

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-phagia

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-phasia

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-pheresis

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-phil(ia)

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Attraction

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-phobia

96
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-phoresis

97
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-phragm

98
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-phraxis

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to obstruct

99
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-phylaxis

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Protection

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-physis

101
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-plakia

102
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-plasm

A

A thing formed, plasma

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-plasty

A

Surgical Repair

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-plegia

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Stroke, Paralysis

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-pnea

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-poiesis

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-praxia

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-ptosis

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Prolapse, drooping

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-ptysis

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To spit, spitting

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-puncture

A

to puncture

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-rrhage
-rrhagia

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To Burst Forth

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-rrhaphy

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rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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-scope

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instrument

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-scopy

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To view, examine

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-sepsis

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-spasm

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Tension, contraction

119
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-stalsis
-systole

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contraction

120
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-stasis

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control, stopping

121
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-staxis

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Dripping, trickling

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-sthenia

123
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-stomy

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new opening

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-taxia

125
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-therapy

126
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-thermy

127
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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

129
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-tone

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-tripsy

131
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-troph(y)

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Nourish, development

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-type

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-um

134
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-ure

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-uria

136
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-y

A

Condition, pertaining to

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