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-ac

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pertaining to

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-act

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to act

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-ad

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pertaining to

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-age

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related to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algesia

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condition of pain

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-algia

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pain, ache

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-ant

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forming

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-arche

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beginning

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-ate, -ate (d)

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use, action, having the form of, possessing

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-betes

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to go

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-blast

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immature cell, germ cell, embryonic cell

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-body

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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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-clasis

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crushing, breaking up

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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 separate

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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, sac

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-cyte

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cell

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-derma

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skin

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-dermis

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skin

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-desis

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binding

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-drone

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course

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-dynia

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pain, ache

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-ectasia

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dilatation

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-ectasis

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dilatation, dilation, stretching, expansion

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-ectasy

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dilation

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-ectomy

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surgical excision, surgical removal, resection

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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

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-er

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relating to, one who

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-ergy

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work

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-esis

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condition

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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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-gen

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formation, produce

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-genes

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produce

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-genesis

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formation, produce

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-genic

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formation, produce

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-glia

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glue

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-globin

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protein

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-gnosis

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knowledge

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-grade

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step

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-graft

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pencil, grafting knife

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-gram

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weight, mark, record

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-graph

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to write, record, instrument for recording

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-graphy

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recording

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-hexia

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condition

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-ia

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condition

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-iasis

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condition

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-iatrics

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treatment

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-iatry

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treatment

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ician

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specialist

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-ide

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having a particular quality

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-ile

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pertaining to

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-in

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substance

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-ine

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pertaining to, substance

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-ing

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quality of

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-ion

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process

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-is

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pertaining to

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-ism

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condition

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-ist

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one who specializes, agent

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ity

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condition

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-ive

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nature of, quality of

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-ize

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to make, to treat or combine with

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-kinesia

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motion, movement

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-kinesis

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motion, movement

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-lalia

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to talk

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-lemma

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sheath, rind

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-lexia

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diction, word, phrase

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-liter

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liter

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-lith

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stone

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-logy

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study of

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-lymph

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clear fluid, serum, pale fluid

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-lysis

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destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution

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-malacia

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softening

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-mania

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madness

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-megaly

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enlargement, large

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-meter

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instrument to measure

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-metry

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measurement

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-mnesia

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memory

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-morph

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form, shape

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-noia

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mind

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-oid

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resemble, like, similar

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-ole

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opening, small

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-oma

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tumor, mass, fluid collection

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-omion

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shoulder

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-on

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pertaining to

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-one

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hormone

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-opia

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sight vision

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-opsia

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sight, vision

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-opsy

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to view

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-or

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one who, doer

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-orexia

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appetite

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-ose

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pertaining to

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-osis

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condition (usually abnormal)

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-paresis

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weakness

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-pathy

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disease, emotion

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-penia

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lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction

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-pepsia

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to digest

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-phagia

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to eat, to swallow

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-phasia

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to speak, speech

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-pheresis

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removal, remove

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-phil

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attraction

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-philia

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attraction

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-phobia

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fear

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-phoresis

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to carry

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-phragm

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fence

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-phraxis

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to obstruct

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-physis

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growth

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-plakia

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plate

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-plasia

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formation, produce

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-plasm

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thing formed, plasma

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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stroke, paralysis, palsy

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-able

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capable

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