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Unit 5 med term Flashcards

1
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ab-

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going away

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ad-

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going into

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infra-

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beneath

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agon

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main actor; driver

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ankylos

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stiff

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alges

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pain

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appendix

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part attached to the end

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arthro
articul[us]

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joint

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asthenia

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weakness

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axi

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axis

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blast

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a rapidly dividing cell

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bursa

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purse;bag

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carcin

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cancer

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carp

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wrist

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center

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middle of a round object

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caphal

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pertaining to the head

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cervic

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neck

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chondro

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cartilage

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circum

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around

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clast

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breakdown

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clonus

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violent shaking

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condyle

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knob

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costo

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rib

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cranio

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head;skull

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crepit[us]

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crackling noise

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cyt

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cell

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dactyl

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finger

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duct

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to lead

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effusion

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pouring out of

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electro

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related to electricity

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erg[on]

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energy

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32
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extend

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moving away from

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facet

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flat spot, like on a jewel

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fascio

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bundle of fibers

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femor
femur

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thigh

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fissure

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deep crack

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fixate

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remain in place

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flex

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reducing the angle of a joint

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foramen

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hole

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fossa

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shallow groove

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facture

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broken bone

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genu

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knee

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43
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glene

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socket

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gomph

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tooth

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graph

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written record

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hallux

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big toe

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47
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hemo
hemato

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blood

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hydr

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water

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inflammation

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inflammation

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kines
kinet

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movement

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kyphosis

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hunchback curve of spine

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lacrim

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crying; tears

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lamella

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thin plate

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lemma

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thin layer surrounding a cell

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lordosis

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swayback curve of spine

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lumbo

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lower back

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luxation

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dislocation

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meatus

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tube; passage

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medulla

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marrow;center

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membrane

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thin sheet

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mere

62
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metric

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measurement

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musculo

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myos

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myel

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necro

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neuro

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nervous system

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occipito

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back of the head

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olisthes

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ortho

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straight; at right angles; true

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osse
steo

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pectoris

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pelvis

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hips;lower abdomen

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phalanges

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fingers and toes

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physis

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part of a bone

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plasm

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something molded; plastic or dough

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polarize

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to go to one extreme or another

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pollus

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pore

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prone

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pyre

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sarco

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muscle; flesh

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scler

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scoliosis

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lateral curvature of the spine

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scop

A

instrument for looking inside

86
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skelet

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skeleton; bones collectively

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spasm

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uncontrollable contraction

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sphincter

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muscle surrounding an opening

89
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spina
spine

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spine; vertebrae

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sprain

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injury to ligaments

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sten

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abnormal narrowing

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sterno
sternum

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sternum; breastbone

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strain

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injury to muscles or tendons

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sulcus

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supine

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tarso
tarsus

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tax

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tempor

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side of the head

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teno
tendo
tendin
tendon

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thorac/x

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tibia

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bone of the lower extremity below the knee

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tomo

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tono

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tone, strength

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trochanter

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point of femur where large leg muscles attach

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trochlea

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piece of bone that acts as a pulley

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troph

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nourishment, growth

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tuber

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potato-like raised area on bone

108
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valgum

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knees closer tan normal

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varum

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knees farther apart than normal

110
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vertebra

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bone of spinal column

111
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zygoma

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yoke; joins bones of face to those of skull

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-atic

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pertaining to

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-clasia

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breakdown process leading to disease

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-cle

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diminutive suffix

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-ella

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diminutive suffix

116
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-genesis

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the process of creating

117
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-graph

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instrument of recording a procedure

118
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-ification

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word ending that turns a noun into a verb

119
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-ist

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someone who studies

120
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-meter

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instrument for measuring

121
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-ostity

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word ending that turns a noun into an adjective and back into a noun again

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-physis

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growth; form

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-plasia

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the process of molding or growing

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-sion

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