Suffixes
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| -abrasion | scraping
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -algia | pain
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| -amnios | amnion
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| -an | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -ation | process; condition
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| -blast | embryonic
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| -cardia | heart condition
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| -cele | herniation; protrusion
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| -centesis | removal of fluid
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| -chalasia | relaxation
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| -chezia | defecation; elimination of waste
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| -clasis | to break; intentional fracture
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| -clast | to break; breaking down
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| -cordial | pertaining to the heart
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| -crine | to secrete
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| -cusis | hearing
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| -cyesis | pregnancy
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| -cyte | cell
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| -cytosis | abnormal increase of cells
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| -desis | binding
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| -dipsia | thirst
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| -drome | to run
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| -dynia | pain
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -ectasia | dilation
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| -ectasis | dilation
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| -ectomy | removal; excision
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| -edema | swelling
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -esis | state of
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| -fida | split
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| -flux | flow
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| -fusion | pouring; to pour
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| -gen | produced by; producing
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| -geusia | taste
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| -grade | to go
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| -gram | record; recording
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| -graph | instrument used to record
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -gravida | pregnancy
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| -ia | condition
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| -iac | pertaining to
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| -iasis | condition
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ion | process
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| -ism | condition
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| -ist | specialist
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| -itic | pertaining to
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -ium | structure
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| -ization | process
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| -kine | movement
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| -lalia | condition of babbling
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| -lapse | to fall; to slide; to sag
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -listhesis | slipping
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| -lithotomy | removal of a stone
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | separation; destruction; breakdown
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| -lytic | destruction; to destroy; to reduce
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| -malacia | softening
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| -mania | state of mental disorder
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | instrument to measure
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| -metry | process of measurement
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| -mission | sending
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| -oid | resembling
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| -oma | tumor; mass
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| -opia | vision
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| -opsia | vision
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| -opsy | viewing
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| -orexia | appetite
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| -ose | carbohydrate
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -para | labor; delivery
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| -paresis | light paralysis
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| -pathy | disease process
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -pexy | fixation; suspension
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| -phagia | eating; condition of swallowing
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| -philia | tendency; attraction
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| -phobia | fear
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| -phylaxis | protection
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| -physis | growth
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| -plakia | condition of plaque
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| -plasia | development; formation
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| -plasm | formation
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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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| -ptosis | drooping; prolapse
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| -rrhage | bursting forth of blood
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| -rrhagia | burting forth
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | discharge; flow
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| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -salpinx | fallopian tube
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| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening
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| -scope | instrument used for visual examination
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| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -sis | state of
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| -spadias | to cut; to tear
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| -stalsis | contraction
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| -stasis | stopping; controlling
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| -sthenia | condition of strength
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| -stomy | new opening
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| -tension | pressure
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -thorax | chest; plearal cavity
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| -thymia | mind
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -tion | process of
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| -tocia | labor; delivery
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| -tome | instrument used to cut
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| -tomy | process of cutting; incision
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| -tresia | opening
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| -tripsy | to crush
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| -tripter | instrument used to crush
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| -trite | instrument used to crush
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| -trophy | development; nourishment
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| -ule | small
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| -um | structure
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| -uria | urination; urinary condition
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| -us | structure
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| -y | process; condition
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