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Suffixes Flashcards

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-cide

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causing death

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-gnosia

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knowledge, to know

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-ian

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specialist

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-scopic

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pertaining to visual examination

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-ose

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full of, pertaining to, sugar

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-iasis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-uria

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urination, urine

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

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-iatry

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field of medicine

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-penia

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deficiency, lack, too few

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-tripsy

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to crush

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-ible

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capable of, able to

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-opia

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vision condition

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-ific

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making, producing

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-dilation

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widening, stretching, expanding

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-cyte

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cell

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-cytic

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pertaining to a cell

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-emia

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blood, blood condition

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-ax

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noun ending

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-pathy

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-phonia

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sound, voice

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-dynia

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pain

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-ion

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action, process, state or condition

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-an

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characteristic of, pertaining to

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-y

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noun ending

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-ine

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pertaining to

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-acusia, -acusis

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hearing, sense of hearing

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-esis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-tropin

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to stimulate, act on

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-phoria

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to bear, carry, feeling, mental state

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-iform

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shaped or formed like, resembling

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-phylactic

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protective, preventive

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-stasis, -static

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control, maintenance of a constant level

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-plegia

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paralysis, stroke

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-iatrist

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specialist

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-igo

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attack, disease condition

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-ole

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little, small

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-cusis

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hearing

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-leptic

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to seize, take hold of

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-sol

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solution

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-hexia

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habit

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-stenosis

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abnormal narrowing

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-ferent

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carrying

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-plakia

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plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale

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-ago

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abnormal condition, disease

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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53
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-coccus

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spherical bacteria

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-gram

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a picture or record

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-ize

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to make, to treat

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-phil, -philia

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attraction to, like, love

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-acious

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characterized by

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-ule

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small one

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-physis

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to grow

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-oxia

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oxygen condition

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-plasm

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formative material of cells

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-ectomy

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surgical removal, cutting out, excision

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-logy

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study of

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-apheresis

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removal

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-fic

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making, producing, forming

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-gog, -gogue

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make flow

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-meter

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measure, instrument used to measure

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-mission

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to send

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-surgery

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operative procedure

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-dema

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swelling (fluid)

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-porosis

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lessening in density, porous condition

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-ist

A

a person who practices, specialist

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-lytic

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to reduce, destroy

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-ive

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performs, tends toward

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-cyst

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bladder, bag

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-genic, -genesis

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creation, reproduction

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-tropic

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having an affinity for

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-graphy

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the process of producing a picture or record

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-sis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-ium

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structure, tissue

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-desis

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to bind, tie together

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-able

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capable of, able to

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-otia

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ear condition

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87
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-oma

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tumor

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88
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-ostomy

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the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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-thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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-aria

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connected with

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-lithiasis

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presence of stones

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-stalsis

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contraction, constriction

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-amine

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nitrogen compound

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-ory

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pertaining to

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-rrhaphy

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surgical suturing

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-al

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pertaining to

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-crasia

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a mixture or blending

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-ferous

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bearing, carrying, producing

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-sthenia

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strength

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-metry

A

to measure

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-pnea

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breathing

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-kinesis

A

motion

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-plastic

A

pertaining to formation

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-ptysis

A

spitting

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-poiesis

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formation, to make

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-verse, -version

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to turn

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-cele

A

hernia, tumor, swelling

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-itis

A

inflammation

110
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-ancy

A

state of

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-iatrics

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field of medicine, healing

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-partum

A

childbirth, labor

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-fusion

A

pour

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-opsia, -opsis, -opsy

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vision, view of

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-dote

A

what is given

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-ptosis

A

droop, sag, prolapse, fall

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-iferous

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bearing, carrying, producing

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-crit

A

to separate

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-tion

A

process, state of quality of

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-algia

A

pain, suffering, painful condition

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-ula

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small, little

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-pause

A

stopping

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-pheresis

A

removal

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-e

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noun ending

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-er

A

one who

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-plegic

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one affected with paralysis

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-praxia

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action, condition concerning the performance of movements

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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-ase

A

enzyme

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-eurysm

A

widening

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-gene

A

producing, origin, formation

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-arche

A

beginning

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-ergy

A

work

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-lysis

A

breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

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-spasm

A

sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, crampin

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-lith

A

stone, calculus

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-us

A

thing, singular noun ending

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-mimetic

A

mimic, copy

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-ation

A

state or action

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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-asthenia

A

weakness, lack of strength

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-para

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to give birth

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-phyte

A

plant

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-metrist

A

one who measures

146
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-ectopy

A

displacement

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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

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-otomy

A

cutting, surgical incision

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-um

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singular noun ending

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-ectasis

A

stretching, dilation, enlargement

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-tocia, -tocin

A

labor, birth

152
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-oid

A

like, resembling

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-stomosis, -stomy

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furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening

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-parous

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having borne one or more children

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-lexia

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word, phrase

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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-form

A

resembling, in the shape of

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-ia

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abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium

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-rrhea

A

flow or discharge

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-osmia

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smell, odor

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-clasis, -clast

A

break down

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-cytosis

A

condition of cells

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-gen

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producing, forming

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-phasia

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speak or speech

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-prandial

A

meal

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-ostosis

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condition of bone

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-graph

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a picture or record, machine recording record

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-one

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hormone

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-dural

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pertaining to dura mater

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-blast

A

embryonic, immature, formative element

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-fida

A

split

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-globulin

A

protein

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-aise

A

comfort, ease

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-orexia

A

appetite

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-drome

A

to run, running

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-fication

A

process of making

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-lyst

A

agent that causes lysis or loosening

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-emesis

A

vomiting

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-gravida

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pregnant

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-is

A

noun ending

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-genous

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producing

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-paresis

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partial or incomplete paralysis

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-uresis

A

urination

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-esthesia

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sensation, feeling

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-crine

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secrete

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-algesia, -algesic

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painful, pain sense

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-thymia

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a state of mind

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-duct

A

opening

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-ician

A

specialist

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-kinesia

A

movement

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-isy

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noun ending

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-clysis

A

irrigation, washing together, with

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-facient

A

making, producing

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-tropia

A

turn, change

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-ic

A

pertaining to

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-ial

A

pertaining to

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-praxis

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act, activity, practice use

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-sclerosis

A

abnormal hardening

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-ologist

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specialist

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-edema

A

swelling

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-plasia

A

development, growth, formation

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-cyesis

A

pregnancy

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-ile

A

capable of

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-trite

A

instrument for crushing

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-necrosis

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tissue death

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-fuge

A

to drive away

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-type

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classification, picture

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-pepsia

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digest, digestion

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-ism

A

condition, state of

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-syndesis

A

surgical fixation of vertebrae

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-pneic

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pertaining to breathing

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-clonus

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violent action

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-osis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-thymic

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pertaining to the mind, relating to the thymus gland

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-phthisis

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wasting away, atrophy

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-tomy

A

process of cutting

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-pareunia

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sexual intercourse

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-ology

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the science or study of

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-agra

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excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain

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-cidal

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pertaining to killing

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-phobia

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abnormal fear

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-salpinx

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uterine (Fallopian) tube

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-opaque

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obscure

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-phage

A

a cell that destroys, eat, swallow

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