Scientific Suffixes
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aceous | belonging to
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aceous | resembling
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acusis | hearing condition
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ago | condition
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ago | disease
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agra | severe pain
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algia | pain
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asthenia | weakness
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ate | substance
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atresia | abnormal closure
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cele | hernia
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cele | swelling
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centeses | puncture
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chalasis | relaxation
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cide | destroy
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cide | kill
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cis | cut
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clasia | break up
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clasis | break up
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cleisis | closure
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crit | separate
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cyst | bladder-like sac
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desis | bind
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dynia | pain
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ectasia | dilation
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ectasia | stretching
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ectasis | enlarged
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ectasis | expanded
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ectomy | remove
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edema | distention
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edema | swelling
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ema | distention
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ema | swelling
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emesis | vomiting
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emia | blood condition
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er | one who
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esis | condition
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esis | process
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esthesia | feeling
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esthesia | sensation
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et | one who
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et | that which
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ete | one who
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ete | that which
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facient | causing
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fer | carry
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fer | to bear
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ferous | production of
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form | form
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form | shape
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genic | producing
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genous | producing
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gnosis | knowing
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gnosis | to know
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gnosy | knowing
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gnosy | to know
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gog | to make flow
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gogue | to make flow
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grade | flow
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grade | move
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grade | walk
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gram | record
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gram | writing
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graph | recording
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graph | writing instrument
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graphy | recording
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graphy | writing process
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ia | condition
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ia | state
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iasis | condition
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iasis | formation
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iatrics | science of
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iatrics | study of
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iatry | science of
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iatry | study of
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ician | specialist
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ics | science of
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ics | study of
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id | related to
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ism | condition
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ism | process
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ist | specialist
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itis | infalmmation
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ity | property
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ium | place
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ium | structure
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ize | action
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ize | process
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lapse | fall
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lapse | sag
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lapse | slide
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lent | full of
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lepsy | seizure
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log | record
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logist | specialist
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logy | science of
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logy | study of
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lysis | break down
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lysis | loosen
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malacia | softening
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mania | frenzy
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mania | passion
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megaly | enlarged
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mer | part
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mere | part
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meter | measuring instrument
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metrics | science of measuring
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metry | measuring process
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nomist | specialist
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nomy | laws of
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oid | like
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oma | swelling
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oma | tumor
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opsy | see
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opsy | to view
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or | one who
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osis | condition of
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paresis | slight weakness
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pathy | disease
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ped | foot
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pede | foot
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penia | decrease
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penia | deficiency
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pexy | fix
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pexy | suspend
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pheresis | remove
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philia | craving
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philia | love of
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phobia | fear of
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phoresis | carrying
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phoresis | transmitting
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phoria | carrying
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phoria | transmitting
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phyte | plant
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plasia | development
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plasia | growth
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plasm | to form
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plast | to form
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plasty | mold
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plasty | shape
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plegia | paralysis
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plexy | paralysis
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ploid | to fold
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pod | foot
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poeisis | production of
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ptosis | drooping
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ptosis | falling
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ptosis | sagging
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rrhage | bursting forth
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rrhaphy | join
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rrhaphy | suture
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rrhea | flow
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rrhexis | breaking
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rrhexis | bursting
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schisis | dividing
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schisis | splitting
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scope | instrument used to observe
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scope | instrument used to see
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scope | look
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scope | observe
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scopy | examination process
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sect | cut
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section | cut
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septic | infected
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some | body
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spasm | sudden contraction
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stalsis | compression
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stalsis | contraction
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stasis | standstill
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stasis | stopping
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stat | control
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stat | to stop
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static | standstill
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static | stopping
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stenosis | narrowing
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stenosis | tightening
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stomy | create an opening
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ter | means of
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ter | place for
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therapy | treatment
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tion | action
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tion | process
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tome | cutting instrument
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tome | slice
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tome | to cut
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tomy | incision
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tonia | stretching
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tonia | tension
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tope | place
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tope | position
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toxic | poisonous
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tripsy | crush
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trophy | development
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trophy | growth
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tropin | affinity for
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type | classification
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type | picture
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uria | urine condition
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y | nature
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y | quality of
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zoa | animal
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zoan | animal
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in | chemical substance
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ine | chemical substance
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ide | binary compound
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ase | enzyme
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ose | sugar
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ol | oil
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ole | oil
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ous | lower oxidation state
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ite | salt
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ite | mineral
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ergy | work
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lith | stone
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lith | rock
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cline | slope
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cline | incline
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adjective endings / pertaining to | ac, al, ant, ar, ary, ative, eal, ic, ical, id, ous, tic, ular, y
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diminutive endings / small | cle, cule, culum, ium, ole, ula, ule
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plural endings | a, ax, ex, is, ium, ix, on, um, us, y
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plural -a- | ae
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plural - ax- | aces
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plural - ex- | ices
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plural - is- | es
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plural - ium- | ia
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plural - ix- | ices
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plural -on- | a
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plural -um- | a
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plural -us- | i
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plural -y- | ies
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study of / science of - | iatrics, iatry, ics, logy
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specialist - | ician, ist, logist, nomist
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one who - | er, et, ete, or
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condition - | ago, esis, ia, iasis, ism, osis
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process - | esis, ism, ize, tion
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swelling - | cele, oma, edema, ema
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cut - | sect, section, cis
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