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An-

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Absence of, without

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A-

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Absence of, without

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Ante-

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Before

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Bi-

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Two

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Bin-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Dia-

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Through, complete

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Dys-

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Painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

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Endo-

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Within

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Epi-

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On, upon, over

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Eu-

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Normal, good

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Above, excessive

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Hypo-

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Below, incomplete, deficient, under

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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Within

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Meta-

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After, beyond, change

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Micro-

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Small

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Multi-

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Many

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Neo-

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New

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Nulli-

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None

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Pan-

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All, total

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Para-

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Beside, beyond, around, abnormal

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Per-

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Through

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Peri-

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Surrounding (outer)

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Post-

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After

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Pro-

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Before

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Pre-

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Before

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Sub-

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Under, below

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Supra-

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Above

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Sym-

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Together, joined

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Syn-

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Together, joined

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Tachy-

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Fast, rapid

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Trans-

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Through, across, beyond

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Uni-

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One

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-a

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No meaning, noun suffix

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-ad

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Toward

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-amnios

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Amnion, amniotic fluid

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-algia

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Pain

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-apheresis

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Removal

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-cele

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Hernia, protrusion

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

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-cleisis

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Surgical closure

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46
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-coccus

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Berry-shaped (Form of bacterium)

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-cyesis

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Pregnancy

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-cyte

A

Cell

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-desis

A

Surgical fixation, fusion

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-drome

A

Run, running

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-e

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No meaning, noun suffix

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-ectasis

A

Stretching out, dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

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Excision, surgical removal

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-emia

A

In the blood

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-gen

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Substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

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Producing, causing, originating

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-gram

A

The record, radiographic image

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-graph

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Instrument used to record, the record

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-graphy

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Process of recording, radiographic imaging

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-ia

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Diseased or abnormal state, condition of

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-iasis

A

Condition

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-iatrist

A

Specialist, physician

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-iatry

A

Treatment, specialty

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ictal

A

Seizure, attack

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-is

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No meaning

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-ism

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State of

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-lith

A

Stone(s), calculus

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-logist

A

One who studies and treats

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-lysis

A

Loosening, dissolution, separating

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-malacia

A

Softening

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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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-meter

A

Instrument used to measure

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-metry

A

Measurement

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-oma

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Tumor, swelling

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-oid

A

Resembling

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-opia

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Vision (condition)

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-opsy

A

View of, viewing

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-osis

A

Abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

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-paresis

A

Slight paralysis

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-pathy

A

Disease

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-penia

A

Abnormal reduction in number

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-pepsia

A

Digestion

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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation, suspension

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-phagia

A

Eating or swallowing

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-phobia

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Abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things

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-physis

A

Growth

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-plasia

A

Condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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Growth, substance, formation

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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-ptosis

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Drooping, sagging, prolapse

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-ptysis

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Spitting, coughing

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-rrhage

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Excessive flow

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-rrhagia

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Excessive bleeding

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-rrhaphy

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Suturing, repairing

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

A

Rupture

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-salpinx

A

Fallopian tube (uterine tube)

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-sarcoma

A

Malignant tumor

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-schisis

A

Split, fissure

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-sclerosis

A

Hardening

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-scopic

A

Pertaining to visual examination

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-scope

A

Instrument used for visual examination

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-scopy

A

Visual examination

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-sis

A

State of

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-stenosis

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Constriction or narrowing

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-spasm

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Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

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-tocia

A

Birth, labor

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-stomy

A

Creation of an artificial opening

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-throax

A

Chest, chest cavity

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-um

A

No meaning

114
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-tripsy

A

Surgical crushing

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-tomy

A

Cut into, incision

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-trophy

A

Nourishment, development

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-uria

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Urine, urination

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-us

A

No meaning, noun suffix

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-stasis

A

Control, stop, standing

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