Medical pre/suffixes
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| Crani | pertaining to the skull
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| otomoy | cutting into
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| crani-otomy | cutting into the skull
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| dys | difficult/painful
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| uria | urine,urination
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| dysuria | trouble or painful urination
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| hyster | uterus
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| ectomy | surgical removal`
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| hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus
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| hemo | blood
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| toxic | poison
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| hemotoxic | blood poisoning
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| peri | around
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| card | pericard
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| itis | inflammation
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| pericarditis | swelling and irritation of the pericardium
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| chloe | bile
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| cyst | bladder, bad, sac
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| Cholecystitis | inflammation of the gallbladde
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| tachy | rapid
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| cardia | pertaining to the heart
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| tachycardia | faster than normal heart beat at rest
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| neur | nerve
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| algia | pain
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| neuralgia | nerve pain
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| lueko | white
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| cyte | cell
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| luekocyte | white blood cells
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| poly | many
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| cyth | cell
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| emia | blood
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| polycythemia | disease state in which the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells increases
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| bradycardia | slow heart
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| brady | slow
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| gastrectomy | surgical removal of the stomach
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| gastr | stomach
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| neopathy | new disease
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| neo | new
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| pathy | condition or disease
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| dermatologist | skin doctor
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| dermat | skin
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| ologist | doctor of
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| proctoscope | anus instrument for visual examination
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| procto | anus or rectum
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| scope | look over or examine
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| carcinoma | cancerous tumor
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| carcin | cancer
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| oma | used to form names of tumors
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| electroencephalograph | recording of electrical activity along the scalp.
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| electro | electrical
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| encaphalo | the brain
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| graph | instrument for recording
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| ostiomalacia | softening of the bones
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| ostio | bone
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| malacia | softening of tissues
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| paraplegia | impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities
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| para | alongside close to
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| plegia | stroke or paralysis
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| py | pus
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| uria | having a specified substance in the urine
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| pyuria | condition of urine containing pus
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| acromegaly | long-term condition in which there is too much growth hormone and the body tissues get larger over time.
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| acro | Extremity of the body
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| megaly | enlargement;big or huge
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| gerantology | the scientific study of aging in all its aspects
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| geront | old aged
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| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing
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| phagia | swallowing
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| hydro | water
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| cele | tumor
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| hydrocele | water tumor
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