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1
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-ism

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a process; condition

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-tomy

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incision, cutting into

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-plasm

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formation, growth

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-somes

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bodies

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-type

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picture, classification

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genesis

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producing, formation

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-gram

A

record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-er

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one who

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-ia

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condition

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-ole, -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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-oid

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resembling, derived from

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-ac, -iac, -ic, -ical, -tic

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pertaining to

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-al, -ar, -ary, -ous

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pertaining to

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-blast

A

embryonic or immature cells

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-crine

A

to secrete

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-drome

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to run

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-fusion

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combing together, to pour

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-phoria

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to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

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-physis

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to grow

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-pnea

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breathing

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-malacia

A

softening

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-plasia

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development, 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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39
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-rrhea

A

discharge, flow

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

A

opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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-genic

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pertaining to, produced by or in

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-ase

A

enzyme

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46
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-chezia

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defecation

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

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-prandial

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meal

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-ectasis, -ectasia

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dillation, widening

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-emesis

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vomitting

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-pepsia

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digestion

52
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-ptysis

A

spitting

53
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-rrhage -rrhagia

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-stenosis

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narrowing, tightening

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-tresia

A

opening

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-poietin

A

substance that forms

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-tripsy

A

crushing

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-uria

A

urination, urine condition

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-arche

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begining

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-cyesis

A

pregnancy

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-gravida

A

pregnancy

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-parous

A

bearing, bringing forth

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-salpinx

A

fallopian tube

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-tocia

A

labor, birth

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-version

A

act of turning

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-one

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hormone

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-pexy

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fixation, put in place

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-algesia

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sensitive to pain

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-algia

A

pain

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-esthesia

A

feeling; nervous sensation

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-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

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movement

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-paresis

A

weakness

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-phasia

A

speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-praxia

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action

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-sthenia

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strength

78
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-ema

A

condition

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-osmia

A

smell

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-sphyxia

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pusle

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-thorax

A

plural cavity, chest

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-apheresis

A

removal, carry away

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-cytosis

A

abnormal condition of the cells

84
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-globin -globulin

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protein

85
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-lytic

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pertaining to destruction

86
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-philia

A

attraction for

87
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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

88
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-poiesis

A

formation

89
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-stitial

A

to set, standing position

90
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-suppression

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to stop

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-clast

A

to break

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-listhesis

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slipping

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-porosis

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pore, passage

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-desis

A

to bind, tie together

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-astheria

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lack of strenght

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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-derma

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skin

99
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-opia

A

vision

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-opsia

A

vision

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-tropia

A

to turn

102
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-otia

A

ear condition

103
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-cusis

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hearing

104
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-acusis

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hearing

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-agon

A

assemble, gather together

106
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-in, -ine

A

substance

107
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-tropin

A

stimulating the production of

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-blastoma

A

immature tumor

109
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-plasm

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formation, growth

110
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-therapy

A

treatment

111
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-lucent

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to shine

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-opaque

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obscure

113
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-leptic

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to seize hold of

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

115
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-phobia

A

fear (irrational and often unsettling)

116
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-thymia

A

mind

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