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med term suffixes

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-chezia   feces  
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-cele   hernia, herniation  
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-ia, -iasis   condition  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-phagia   swallowing, to swallow  
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-tripsy   crushing  
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-oma   tumor  
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-penia   decreased number  
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-phobia   abnormal fear  
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-(r)rhage, -(r)rhagia   bursting forth of blood  
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-(r)rhea   flow, discharge  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-stenosis   narrowing, tightening  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-ectomy   surgical removal, excision  
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-(o)stomy   create a new opening  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-scope   instrument of viewing  
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-scopy   process of viewing  
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-somnia   sleep  
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-stasis   control, stop  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-thorax   chest, pleural cavity  
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-tocia   labor, birth  
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-tresia   opening  
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-trophy   growth, development  
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-tropin   nourish, develop, stimulate  
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-version   to turn  
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-algia   pain  
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-cytosis   condition of cells  
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-dynia   pain  
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-emesis   vomit  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-lysis, -lytic   breakdown, destruction  
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-malacia   softening  
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-(r)raphy   suture  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-(o)tomy   incision into  
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-ectasia, ectasis   stretching, dilation  
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-disis   binding together  
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-paresis   slight paralysis  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-ptysis   spitting up  
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-spasm   contraction, twitching  
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-(r)rhexis   rupture  
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-ptosis   drooping, sagging, prolapse  
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-pathy   disease  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-phoresis   carrying, transmission  
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-phoria   feeling, mental state  
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-poiesis   formation  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-phonia   voice, sound  
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-phagia   eating, swallowing  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-(o)logy   study of  
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-(o)logist   specialist  
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-oid   like, resembling  
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-ic, -iac   pertaining to  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-gram   record, picture  
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-globin, -globulin   protein  
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-gen, -genesis, -genic   producing, forming  
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-cyte   cell  
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-crit   to separate  
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-crine   to excrete  
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary   pertaining to  
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