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All Suffixes

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-al, ic, -ous,-ary, -ac,-ior   pertaining to  
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-meter   measure , measuring instrument  
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-scopy   process of viewing  
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-scope   instrument used for viewing  
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-drome   run, running  
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-phagia   eating or swallowing  
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-stasis   standing still  
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-algia, -dynia   pain  
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-asthenia   weakness  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-oma   tumor  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-phasia   speaking  
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-physis   growth  
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-malacia   softening  
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-philia   loving, affinity for  
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-atresia   a closure or the absence of a normal body opening  
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-cele   hernia, swelling, or protrusion  
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-iatry   treatment, specility  
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-penia   deficiency or abnormal reduction in number  
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-phobia   fear  
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-plasia   formation or growth  
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-rrhagia   condition of profuse bleeding or hemorrhage  
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-rrhea   excessive discharge  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-sclerosis   conditioning of hardening  
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-spasm   sudden, involuntary muscle contraction  
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-cele   hernia, swelling, protrusion  
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-ad   toward  
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-practic   a practice  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-clasia, -clasis, -clast   break apart  
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-desis   surgical fixation or fusion  
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-graph   an instrument for recording  
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-graphy   recording process  
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-metry   measurement or process of measuring  
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-pexy   surgical fixation or suspension  
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-phylaxis   protection  
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-rrhaphy   suturing  
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-tome   cutting instrument  
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-tripsy   surgical crushing  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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-emia, -hemia   condition of blood  
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-gnosis   knowledge  
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-gram   a record or image  
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-ion   process  
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-ism, -ia, -osis   condition of  
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-itis   inflamation  
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-logist   one who studies  
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-logy   study of  
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-lysis   to loosen  
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-opsy   view of  
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-pathy   disease  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-stomy   create an opening  
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-tomy   cut/incision  
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-spasmodic   involuntary contraction  
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-emetric   vomiting  
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-capnia   carbon dioxide  
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-ectasis   dialation or expansion  
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-oid   resembling  
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-phonia   condition of sound or voice  
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-ptysis   coughing up, spitting out  
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-oxia   oxygen  
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-urea   urine  
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-uresis   urination  
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-uria   pertaining to urine or urination  
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-ab   away from  
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