Suffixes
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-centesis | surgical puncture
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-clasis | to break/surgical fracture
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-desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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-ectomy | excision, removal
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-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening
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-pexy | fixation (of an organ)
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-plasty | surgical repair
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-rrhaphy | suture
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-stomy | forming an opening (mouth)
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-tome | instrument to cut
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-tomy | incision
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-tripsy | crushing
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-graph | instrument for recording
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-graphy | process of recording
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-meter | instrument for measuring
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-metry | act of measuring
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-scope | instrument for examining
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-scopy | visual examination
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-algia | pain
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-dynia | pain
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-cele | hernia, swelling
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-ectasis | dilation, expansion
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-edema | swelling
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-emesis | vomiting
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-emia | blood condition
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-gen/-genesis | forming, producing, origin
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-iasis | abdominal condition (produced by something specific)
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-itis | inflammationx
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-lith | stone, calculus
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-malacia | softening
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-megaly | enlargement
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-oma | tumor
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-osis | abdominal condition; increase (usually primarily in blood cells)
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-pathy | disease
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-penia | decrease, deficiency
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-phagia | eating, swallowing
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-phasia | speech
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-phobia | fear
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-plasia/-plasm | formation, growth
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-plegia | paralysis
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-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement
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-rrhage/-rrhagia | bursting forth (of)
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-rrhea | discharge, flow
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-rrhexis | rupture
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-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening
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-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis | narrowing structure
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-toxic | poison
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-trophy | nourishment, development
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-ac/-al/-ar | pertaining to
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-ary/-eal/-ic | pertaining to
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-ical/-ile/-ior | pertaining to
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-ous/-tic | pertaining to
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-esis/-ia/-ism | condition
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-iatry | medicine, treatment
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-ician | specialist
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-ist | specialist
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-y | condition, process
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-icle/-ole/-ule | small, minute
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