suffixes
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -ad | toward in the direction of
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -amnios | amniotic fluid
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| -an | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -arche | a beginning
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -ation | a process ; being or having
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| -ative | pertaining to
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| -blast | immature cell
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| -cele | hernia
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| -centesis | procedure to puncture
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| -cephalus | head
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| -cere | waxy substance
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| -clast | cell that breaks down substances
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| -cle | small thing
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| -clonus | condition of rapid contracting and relaxing
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| -crasia | condition of mixing
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| -crine | thing that secretes
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| -cyte | cell
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| -dactyly | condition of fingers or toes
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| -desis | procedure to fuse together
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| -didymis | testes
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| -duct | duct; tube
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -ectasis | condition of dialation
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -emia | condition of the blood
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| -encephaly | condition of the brain
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| -entery | condition of the intestine
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| -er | person or thing that produces or does
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| -esis | condition; abnormal condition; process
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| -gen | that which produces
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| -glia | cells that provide support
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| -graft | tissue for implant or transplant
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| -gram | a record or picture
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -gravida | pregnancy
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| -ia | condition ; state ; thing
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| -iasis | state of; process of
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| -iatry | medical treatment
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ician | skilled professional or expert
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| -ics | knowledge ; practice
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| -id | resembling; source or origin
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| -ile | pertaining to
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| -immune | immune response
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| -in | a substance
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| -ine | pertaining to
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| -ion | action ; condition
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| -ism | process ; disease from a specific cause
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| -ist | one who specializes in
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| -itis | inflammation of ; infection of
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| -ive | pertaining to
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -lith | stone
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| -logy | the study of
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| -lyte | dissolved substance
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | instrument used to measure
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| -metry | process of measuring
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ole | small thing
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| -oma | tumor ; mass
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -or | person or thing that produces or does
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| -ory | having the function of
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| -osis | condition ; abnormal condition ; process
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -pathy | disease
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| -pause | cessation
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| -penia | condition of deficiency
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| -pexy | process of surgically fixing in place
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| -phage | thing that eats
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| -pharynx | pharynx (throat)
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| -phil | attraction to; fondness for
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| -phyte | growth
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| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -poiesis | process of formation
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| -poietin | a substance that forms
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| -ptosis | state of prolapse; drooping
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| -ptysis | abnormal condition of coughing up
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| -rrhage | excessive flow or discharge
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| -rrhaphy | procedure of suturing
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| -rrhea | flow; discharge
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| -salpinx | uterine (fallopian tube)
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| -scope | instrument used to examine
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| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine
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| -spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction
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| -stasis | condition of standing still; standing in one place
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| -stomy | surgically created opening
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| -systole | contraction
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -thorax | chest
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| -tion | process of being or having
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| -tome | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges
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| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision
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| -tripsy | process of crushing
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| -trophy | process of development
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| -ule | small thing
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| -zoon | animal; living thing
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