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suffixes

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-a   a is a noun ending  
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-ate   somthing 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   condition  
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-iatry   medical treatment, medical profession  
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-ion   action, process  
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-ism   condition  
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-ist   practitioner  
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-ole   small or 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   a suffix that identifies singular nouns  
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-y   y is a noun ending  
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-ac   pertaining to  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-ical   pertaining to  
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-ile   pertaining to; capable  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ory   pertaining to; characterized by  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-tic   pertaining to  
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-ician   specialist in a field of study  
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-iatrics   relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment  
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-ian   specialist in a field of study  
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-ist   practitioner  
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-logist   one who specializes in the study of  
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-logy   the study of  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-clasis   crushing or breaking up  
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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 insturment 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   destruction or detachment  
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-meter   an insturment used to measure  
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-metry   the process of measuring  
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-opsy   process of viewing  
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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 insturment 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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-algesia   sensitivity to pain  
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-algia   pain  
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-blast   embryonic stage of development  
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-cele   swelling or herniation  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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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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-emia   blood condition  
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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   pertaining to; formation, producing  
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-gravida   pregnancy  
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-ia   condition  
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-iasis   presence of an abnormal condition  
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-iatic(s)   relating to medicine, physicnas, or medical treatment  
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-iatrician   one who treats; a physician  
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-ile   pretaining to; capable  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-ize   to make; to treat or combine with  
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-lepsy   seizure, attack  
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-lith   ston  
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-lithiasis   presence or formation of stones  
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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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-opia   visual condition  
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-opsia   visual condition  
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-opsy   process of viewing  
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-ory   pertaining to; characterized by  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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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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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-pnea   breating  
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-ptosis   drooping or prolapse  
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-rrhagia   excessive flow or discharge  
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-rrhea   discharge; flow  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-stasis   stopping or controlling  
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-um   a suffix that identifies singular nouns  
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-uria   a characteristic of the urine  
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