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medical suffixes

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-sis   state of  
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-centesis   surgical procedure to remove fluid  
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-opsy   to view  
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-pathy   disease condition  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-ation   process, condition  
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-dipsia   thirst  
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-gen   to produce  
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-ine   pertaining to  
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-lapse   to fall, slide  
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-meter   to measure  
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-mission   to send  
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-mortem   death  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-partum   birth  
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-phagia   to eat, swallow  
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-phasia   to speak  
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-plasm   formation  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-stasis   to stand, place, stop, control  
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-tension   pressure  
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-thesis   to put, place (state of putting or placing)  
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-tic   pertaining to  
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-trophy   nourishment, development  
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-um   structure  
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-y   process, condition  
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-ism   condition or process  
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-logist   specialist in the study of  
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-algia   pain  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-gram   record  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-scopy   process of viual examination  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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-ior   pertaining to  
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-ia   condition  
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-section   process of cutting into  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-globin   protein  
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-stomy   opening  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-uria   condition of urine  
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-oma   tumor, mass  
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-ectomy   cutting out, removal, excision  
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-plasty   surgical repair or connection  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-crine   secretion  
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-cyte   cell  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-logy   study of  
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-scope   instrument to visually exam  
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-tomy   process of cutting into, incision  
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-rrhage   excessive discharge of blood  
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-lysis   separation, breakdown  
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-rrhagia   excessive discharge of blood  
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