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Meaning

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Suffix
Meaning
-ist   one who specializes  
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-itic   pertaining to  
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-itis   imflammation  
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-ium   structure  
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-ization   process  
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-kine   movement  
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-lalia   condition of babbling  
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-lapse   to fall; to slide; to sag  
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-lepsy   seizure  
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-listhesis   slipping  
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-lithotomy   incision for removal of a stone  
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-logy   study of  
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-lysis   seperation;breakdown;destruction  
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-lytic   pertaining to destruction; to destroy; to reduce  
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-malacia   softening  
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-mania   state of mental disorder  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-meter   instrument to measure  
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-metry   process of measurement  
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-mission   sending  
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-oid   full of; resembling  
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-oma   tumor;mass;swelling  
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-opia   visual  
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-opsia   vision  
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-opsy   viewing  
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-orexia   appetite  
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-ose   carbohydrate  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-para   labor; delivery  
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-paresis   slight paralysis  
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-pathy   disease process  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-pexy   fixation; suspension  
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-phagia   condition of swallowing; eating  
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-philia   tendency; attraction  
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-phobia   fear  
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-phylaxis   protection  
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-physis   growth  
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-plakia   condition of plaque  
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-plasia   development; formation  
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-plasm   formation  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-poiesis   formation  
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-ptosis   drooping; prolapse  
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-ptysis   spitting  
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-rrhage   bursting forth of blood  
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