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betty davis second editon

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-a   a is a noun ending  
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-ate   something that  
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-e   e is a noun ending  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-er   one who  
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-esis   condition of  
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-ia   noun ending  
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-iatry   medical treatment medical professin  
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-ion   action process  
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-ist   practitioner  
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-ole   small little  
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-osis   condition  
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-tion   process of  
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-ula   small little  
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-ule   small one  
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-um   suffix that identifies  
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-us   suffix that identifies  
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-y   y is noun ending  
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when a word ends in -a   change the a to ae to form the plural  
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specialist in study of   -ian ,-ician,-logist  
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study of   -logy  
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practitioner   -ist  
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medical treatment medical profession   -iatry  
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one who treats; a physian   -iatrist  
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relating to medician,physians,or medical treatment   -iatrics  
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speacialized study of or in   -logist  
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4 pertaining to words starting with -a   -ac-al-ar-ary  
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pertaining to with e   -eal  
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3 pertaining to starting with -i   -ic-ical-ile  
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3 pertaining to starting with -o   -oid-ory-ous  
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pertaining to   -tic  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-clasis   crushing breaking  
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-desis   binding or surgical fusion  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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-gram   record or picture  
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-graph   an instrument used to record  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-ize   to make;to treat or combine with  
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-lysis   distruction or detachment  
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-meter   an instrument used to measure  
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-mety   the process of measuring  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   suturing  
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-scope   an instrument used to view  
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-scopy   the process of viewing with a scope  
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-stomy   the surgical creation of a new opening  
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-tomy   incision into  
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-tripsy   intentional crushing  
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-ad   toward increase  
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-algia   pain  
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-blast   embryonic stage of development  
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-cele   swellin or herniation  
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-cide   to kill;to destroy  
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-cyte   cell  
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-dynia   pain  
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-ectasia   stretching or dilatation  
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-er   one who  
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-esis   condition of  
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-gen   that which generates  
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-genesis   generating formation  
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-genic   formation producing  
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-gravida   pregnancy  
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-lepsy   seizure,attack  
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-lith   stone  
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-ism   condition  
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-iasis   presence of an abnormal condition  
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-lithiasis   presence of stone formation  
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-lysis   destructon or detachment  
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-lytic   destruction  
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-mania   a mental disorder a madness  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ole   small or little  
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-oma   tumor  
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-opia   visual condition  
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-opsia   visual condition  
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-ory   pertaining to characerizied  
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-pathy   disease  
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-penia   decrease in deficiency  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-philia   attracted to  
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-phobia   abnormal fear  
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-plasia   formation or development  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-ptosis   drooping or prolapse  
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-rrhagia   excessive flow discharge  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-stasis   stopping or controlling  
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-stomy   the surgical creation of a new opening  
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