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General medical terminology

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-icle   small, tiny  
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-is   structure, thing  
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-ole   small, tiny  
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-ule   small, tiny  
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-um   structure, thing, membrane  
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-y   process of  
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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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-ous   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-cele   herniation  
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-dynia   pain  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-ia   condition  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor, mass  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-pathy   disease process  
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-ptosis   prolapse, drooping, sagging  
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-rrhage, -rrhagia   bursting forth  
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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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-stenosis   abnormal condition of narrowing  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-opsy   process of viewing  
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-scopy   process of viewing  
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-ectomy   removal, resection, excision  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-stomy   new opening  
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-tomy   incision, cutting  
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-tripsy   crushing  
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-graph   instrument to record  
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-meter   instrument to measure  
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-scope   instrument to view  
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-tome   instrument to cut  
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-tripter   instrument to crush  
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-trite   instrument to crush  
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-er   one who  
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-iatrician   one who specializes in treatment  
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-iatrics   treatment  
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-iatrist   one who specializes in treatment  
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-iatry   process of treatment  
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-ist   one who specializes  
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-logist   one who specializes in the study of  
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-logy   study of  
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a-   no, not, without  
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an-   no, not, without  
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ante-   foward, in front of, before  
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anti-   against  
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dys-   abnormal, difficult, bad, painful  
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endo-, end-   within  
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epi-   above, upon  
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hyper-   excessive, above  
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hypo-   below, deficient  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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neo-   new  
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par-   near, beside  
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para-   abnormal  
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per-   through  
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peri-   surrounding, around  
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poly-   many, much, excessive, frequent  
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post-   after, behind  
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pre-   before, in front of  
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sub-   under, below  
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trans-   through, across  
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