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Suffixes Flashcards

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-ac
-iac

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pertaining to

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-al
-eal

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-cyte

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cell

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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-globin

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protein

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-gram

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record

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-ic
-ical

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pertaining to

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-ion

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process

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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process of study

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

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-pathy

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disease condition

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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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-sis

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state of; condition

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-tomy

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process of cutting, incision

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-y

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process, condition

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-plasm

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structure, formation

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-somes

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bodies

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-type

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classification, picture

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ism

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process, condition

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus (singular)
-cocci (plural)

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berry-shaped bacterium/bacteria

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-dynia

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pain

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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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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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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drooping, falling, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

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opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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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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-er
-or

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one who

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-ia

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condition

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-oid

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resembling, derived from

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-ole

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little, small

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-ule

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little, small

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-um
-ium

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structure, tissue

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-us

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structure, substance

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-ar
-ary

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-crine

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-drome

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-fusion

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coming together; to pour

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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-meter

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-mission

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-oxia

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

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-physis

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-pnea

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-ptom

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happening, occurrence

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-lucent

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-opaque

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-sol

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-amine

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indicates a nitrogen-containing compound

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-ase

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-chezia

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defecation, elimination of wastes

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-prandial

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-orexia

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-chalasia

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relaxation

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-ectasis
-ectasia

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dilation (dilatation), widening

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-emesis

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-pepsia

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-ptysis

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-rrhage
-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction of muscles

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-stenosis

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narrowing, tightening

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-tresia

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-pexy

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-poietin

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substance that forms

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-tripsy

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-uria

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urination; urine condition

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-arche

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-cyesis

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-gravida

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-parous

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bearing, bringing forth

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-salpinx

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fallopian tube

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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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-one

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-pexy

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fixation, put in place

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-algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-esthesia

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feeling, nervous sensation

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-kinesia
-kinesis
-kinetic

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-lepsy

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-paresis

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-phasia

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-plegia

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-praxia

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-sthenia

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-ema

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-osmia

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-sphyxia

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-thorax

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pleural cavity, chest

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-apheresis

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removal, a carrying away

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-blast

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immature or embryonic cell

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-cytosis

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abnormal condition of the cells (increase in cells)

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-lytic

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pertaining to destruction

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-phage

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eat, swallow

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-philia

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attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-poiesis

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-clast

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-lithesis

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-porosis

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pore, passage

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-desis

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to bind, tie together

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