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Med term suffixes

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-plegia   paralysis(paraplegia)  
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-ectasis   dialation, expansion  
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-cele   hernia, swelling  
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-iatry   medicine, treatment  
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-rrhage, -rrhagia   bursting  
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-pexy   fixation (of an organ)  
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-esthesia   feeling  
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-metry   act of measuring  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-clasis   to break, surgical fracture  
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-desis   binding, fixation of a joint  
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-iasis   abnormal condition (produced by something specific)  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-plasia   growth(hypochondroplasia)  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-tripsy   crushing  
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-osis   abnormal condition (cells)  
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-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -icle, ior, -ous, -tic   pertaining to  
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-esis, -ism   condition  
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-ia   condition  
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-tome   instrument to cut  
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-logy   study of  
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-phasia   speech(aphasia)  
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-plasm   formation, growth  
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-trophy   nourishment, development  
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-philia   tendency, liking  
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-ician, -ist   specialist  
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-y   condition, process  
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-icle, -ole, -ule   diminuative  
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- lysis   destruction, loosening  
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- phagia   swallowing(dysphagia)  
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ab -   from, away from  
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ad -   toward  
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dia-   through, across(diarreah)  
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trans-   through, across(transvaginal)  
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ecto-   outside, outward(ectogenous)  
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exo-   outside, outward(exotopia)  
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extra-   ouside, outward(extracranial)  
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endo-   in, within(endocrine)  
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intra-   in, within(intramuscular)  
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para-   near, beside  
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super-   upper, above  
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supra-   above, excessive, superior  
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ultra-   excessive, beyond  
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an-   without(a- before a vowel)  
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dys-   bad, painful, difficult  
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eu-   good, normal  
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homeo-   same  
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pan-   all  
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syn-   union, together, joined(is sym- before p, b, ph or m)  
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-ptosis   prolapse, downward displacement  
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poly-   many  
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-opia   eyes  
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intra-   within  
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infra-   below  
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-cyesis   pregnancy  
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circum-   around  
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contra-   against  
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