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Suffixes (Medical Terminology) Flashcards

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-acusis

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hearing

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-ad

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toward

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-agra

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excessive pain

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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-an

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pertaining to

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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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-arche

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beginning

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-arthria

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articulate (speak distinctly)

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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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lack of strength

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-ation

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process, condition

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-blast

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embryonic, immature cell

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-blastoma

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immature tumor (cells)

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-capnia

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carbon dioxide

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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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-chalasia

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relaxation

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-chezia

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defecation, elimination of wastes

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-cidal

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pertaining to killing

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-cide

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killing

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clasis

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to break

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-clast

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to break

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-clysis

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irrigation, washing

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-coccus (-cocci, pl.)

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berry-shaped bacterium

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-constriction

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narrowing

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-crine

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secrete, separate

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-crit

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separate

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-cusis

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hearing

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cyte

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cell

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-cytosis

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condition of cells, slight increase in number

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-desis

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bind, tie together

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-dilation

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widening, stretching, expanding

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-dote

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to give

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-drome

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to run

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasia

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dilation, widening

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ecstasis

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dilation, widening

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectomy

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removal, excision, resection

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-edema

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swelling

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-elasma

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flat plate

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-ema

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condition

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood contion

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-emic

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pertaining to blood condition

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-er

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one who

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-esis

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action, condition, state of

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-esthesia

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nervous sensation (feeling)

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-eurysm

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widening

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-ferent

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to carry

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57
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-fida

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split

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-form

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resembling, in the shape of

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-fusion

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to pour, to come together

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-genesis

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producing, forming

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-genic

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produced by or in

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-globin

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protein

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-globin

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protein

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-grade

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to go

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-gram

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record

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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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-gravida

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pregnant woman

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-hexia

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state of

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-ia

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condition

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72
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-iac

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pertaining to

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ical

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pertaining to

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-icle

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inflammation

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ile

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pertaining to

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-in, -ine

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substance

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-ine

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pertaining to

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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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-ism

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process, condtion

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-ist

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specialist

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-para

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to bear, bring forth (live births)

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-paresis

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weakness

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-pareunia

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sexual intercourse

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-parous

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to bear, bring forth

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-itus

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condition

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-ium

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structure, tissue

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-kinesia

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movement

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-kinesis

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movement

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-lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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-lemma

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sheath, covering

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-leptic

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pertaining to seizing, taking hold of

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-lexia

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word, phrase

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-listhesis

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slipping

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-lithiasis

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condition of stones

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-lithotomy

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incision (for removal of a stone)

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-logy

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study (process of)

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-lucent

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to shine

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

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-lytic

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reducing, destroying, separating, breakdown

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-malacia

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softening

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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measure

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-mimetic

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mimic, copy

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-mission

A

send

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-mortem

A

death

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-motor

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movement

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-oid

A

resembling, originating from

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-ole

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little, small

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-oma

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tumor, mass, fluid collection

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-one

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hormone

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-opaque

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obscure

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-opia

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vision condition

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-opsia

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vision condition

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-opsy

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view of

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-or

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one who

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-orexia

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appetite

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-ose

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full of, pertaining to, sugar

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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-osmia

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smell

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ostosis

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condition of bone

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-otia

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ear condition

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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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-partum

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birth, labor

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-pathy

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disease, emotion

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phage

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eat, swallow

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-phagia

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condition of eating, swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-phil

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attraction for

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-philia

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attraction for

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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-phoria

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to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)

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-phthisis

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wasting away

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-physis

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to grow

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phyte

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plant

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plakia

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plaque

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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formation, structure

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-plastic

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pertaining to formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis, palsy

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-plegic

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pertaining to paralysis, palsy

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-pnea

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breathing

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-poiesis

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formation

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-poietin

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substance that forms

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-porosis

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condition of pores (spaces)

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-prandial

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pertaining to eating or mealtime

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-praxia

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action

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-ptosis

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falling, drooping, prolapse

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-rrhage

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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rrhexis

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rupture

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-salpinx

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fallopian tube, oviduct

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-schisis

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spit

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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-sis

A

state of, condition

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-sol

A

solution

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-some

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body

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-somnia

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sleep

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-spadia

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to tear, cut

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-spasm

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sudden contraction of muscles

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-sphyxia

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pulse

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-stalsis

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stopping, controlling, placing

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-static

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pertaining to stopping or controlling

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-stenosis

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tightening, stricture

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-sthenia

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strength

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-stitial

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pertaining to standing or positioned

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-stomia

A

condition of the mouth

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-suppression

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stopping

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-tension

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pressure

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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-thymia

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mind (condition of)

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-thymic

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pertaining to mind

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-tocia

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labor, birth (condition of)

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-tocin

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labor, birth (a substance for)

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-tory

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pertaining to

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-tresia

A

opening

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-tripsy

A

crushing

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-trophy

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nourishment, development (condition of)

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-tropia

A

to turn

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-tropic

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pertaining to stimulating

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-tropin

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stimulate, act on

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-type

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classification, picture

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-ule

A

little, small

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-um

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structure, tissue, thing

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-uria

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urination, condition of urine

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-us

A

structure, thing

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-verse

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to turn

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-version

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turning (condition of)

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-y

A

condition, process

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