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Suffixes

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-AC, -AL, -IC, -AR, -IAL, -ARY, -OUS, -TIC, -EAL   PERTAINING TO  
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-AGRA   PAIN  
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-ALGIA   PAIN  
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-APHERESIS   REMOVAL  
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-ASTHENIA   WEAKNESS  
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-ASE   ENZYME  
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-ATE   USE, SUBJECT TO  
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-ATRESIA   WITHOUT AN OPENING  
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-CAPNIA   CARBON DIOXIDE  
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-CELE   HERNIA  
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-CENTESIS   SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVAL LIQUIDS  
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-CIDAL   KILLING  
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-CLASIA, -CLAST   BREAK  
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-CLE, CULE, -OLE, -OLA, -ULE, -ULUM, -ULUS   SMALL  
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-CLYSIS   IRRITATION, WASHING  
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-COCCUS, -COCCIS   BERRY-SHAPED  
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-CRIT   SEPARATION  
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-CRINE   SECRETE  
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-CYTE   CELL  
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-DESIS   SURGICAL FIXATION  
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-DROME   RUN  
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-DYNIA   PAIN  
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-ECTASIS   DIALATION  
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-ECTOMY   SURGICAL REMOVAL  
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-ECTOPIC   DISPLACEMENT  
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-EMESIS   VOMIT  
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-EMIA   BLOOD CONDITION  
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-ENT, -ER, -IST, -OR   PERSON OR AGENT  
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-ESIS, -IA, -A, -ISM, -ITY, -Y, -OSIS, -TION, -SIS, -IASIS, -SIA   CONDITION  
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-FORM, -OLD   RESEMBLING  
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-GEN, -GENIC   REPRODUCTION  
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-GENESIS   CREATION  
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-GRAM   RECORD  
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-GRAPH   INSTURMENT THAT RECORDS  
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-GRAPHY   PROCESS OF RECORDING  
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-IAC   PERSON AFFLICTED WITH  
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-IBLE, -ILE   ABLE, CAPABLE  
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-ICIAN   ONE WHO  
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-ICTAL   SEIZURE, ATTACK  
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-IST, -OLOGIST   SPECIALIST  
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-ITES, -ITIS   INFLAMMATION  
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-IUM   MEMBRANE  
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-IZE   USE, SUBJECT TO  
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-LOGY   STUDY OF  
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-LYSIS, -LYTIC   DESTROY  
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-MA, -MAT   CONDITION, DISEASE  
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-MALACIA   SOFTENING  
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-MANIA   MADNESS  
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-MEGALY   ENLARGEMENT  
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-METOR   INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE  
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-METRY   MEASUREMENT  
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-MORPH   SHAPE, FORM  
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-OMA   TUMOR  
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-OPSY   TO VIEW  
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-OXIA   OXYGEN  
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-PARESIS   SLIGHT PARALYSIS  
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-PATHY   DISEASE  
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-PENIA   LACK OF  
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-PEPSIA   DIGESTION  
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-PEXY, -PEXIS   FIXATION  
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-PHAGIA, -PHAGY   EATING, SWALLOWING  
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-PHILIA, -PHILY   LOVE  
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-PHOBIA   ABNORMAL FEAR  
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-PHONIA   PERTAINING TO SOUND  
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-PHORIA   FEELING  
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-PHYSIS   GROWTH  
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-PLASIA, -PLASM   DEVELOPMENT  
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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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-POROSIS   PASSAGE  
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-PRANDIAL   MEAL  
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-PRAXIA   IN FRONT OF  
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-PTOSIS   DROOPING  
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-RRHAGE, -RRHAGIA   BLEEDING  
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-RRHAPHY   SUTURING IN PLACE  
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-RRHEA   DISCHARGE  
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-RRHEXIS   RUPTURE  
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-SARCOMA   MALIGNANT TUMOR  
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-SCHISIS   SPLIT  
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-SCLEROSIS   HARDENING  
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-SCOPE   INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINATION  
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-SCOPY   VISUAL EXAMINATION  
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-SEPSIS   INFECTION  
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-SPASM   SUDDEN INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION  
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-STASIS   CONTROL  
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-STENOSIS   NARROWING  
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-STOMY   SURGICAL OPENING  
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-TOME   INSTRUMENT  
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-TOMY   CUTTING  
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-TRIPSY   CRUSHING  
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-TROPHY   DEVELOPMENT, NOURISHMENT  
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-ULE   SMALL  
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