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Question | Answer |
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-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clysis | irrigation; washing |
-ectasis | dilation; expansion |
-ectomy | excision; removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | record; writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase |
-oxia | oxygen |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stasis | standing still |
-stenosis | narrowing; stricture |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-thorax | chest |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tomy | incision |