medical suffixes
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| -ad | Towards
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| -algia,-dynia | pain
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| -blast | immature/embryonic stage
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| -cele | herniation,protrusion
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| -cide,-cidal | kill,destroy
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| -crine | secretion
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| -cyte | cell
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| -derma | skin
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| -ectasis -ectasia | stretching,dilation
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -edema | swelling or fluid accumulation
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| -ema,-ijasis,-osis,-ia,-ism,isis | condition of/abnormal condition
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| -lepsy | sudden attack,seizures
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -emia | blood condition/blood
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| -esthesia | sensation,feeling
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| -gen | that which produces, producing
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| -genesis,-genic | producing,forming
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| -globin,-globulin | protein
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| -gram | record, picture,x-ray
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| -graph | instrument used to record
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| -graphy | process to record
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -kinesia,-kenesis | movement
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| -lysis,-lytic | destruction, removal, breakdown
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| -malacia | softening
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| -mania,-manic | obsession,*mental disorder
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | instrument to measure
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| -merty | process of measuring
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| -oid | resembling
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| -opia | vision
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| -ostomy,stamy | new opening
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| -ose | sugar
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| -para | bearing,birth
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -phage,-phagia | swallow,eat,gulp
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| -phasia | speak
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| -phil,-phila | attraction
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| -phobia | fear of
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| -phrenic,-phrenia | mind
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -ptosis | drooping, snagging
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| -rrhagia,-rrhage | heavy discharge
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| -rrhea | discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| rrhaphy | suturing,(stitching)
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| -scope | instrument used to view
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| -somina | sleep
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| -stasis | stop/control
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -tomy | process of cutting/incision
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| -trophic,-trophie | nutrition,*development*
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -uria | urine
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| -version | turning
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| -ole,-ule | small,little
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| -phonia | sound,hearing
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| aphonia | deaf
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| arteriole | small artery
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| cardioversion | turning the heart back to normal
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| hemauria | blood in urine
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| atherosclerosis | hardening of the fatty plaque
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| arteriostenoss | narrowing of the artery
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| atrophy | no nutrition, poor development
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| nephrotomy | process of cutting the kidney
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| dermatome | instrument used to cut the skin
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| hemostasis | stopping to flow of blood
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| polysomnia | excessive sleep
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| colonoscopy | process of viewing the colon
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| otoscope | instrument that is use to view the ear
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| nephrorraphy | suturing of the kidney
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| cardiorrhexis | rupture of the heart
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| diarrhea | flow of feces through the anus
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| hemorrhage | heavy discharge of blood
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| hysteroptosis | prolapsed uterus
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| blepharoptosis | drooping eyelid
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| hematopoieses | formation of blood
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| traracentesis | surgical puncture of the thorax
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| schizophrenia | split mind(personality)
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| necrophobia | fear of death
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| necrophilia | attracted to dead bodies
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| aphasia | can't speak
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| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing
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| rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose
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| hysteropexy | surgical fixation of the uterus
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| dyspepsia | difficulty digesting
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| thrombocytopenia | deficiency of the thrombocytes
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| cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle
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| unipara | woman that has had given birth to one child
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| lactose | sugar found in milk
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| colostomy | new opening in the colon
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| diplopia | double vision
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| pelvimetry | process of measuring the pelvis
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| pelvimeter | instrument used to measure the pelvis
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| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart
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| pyromania | obsession with fire
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| osteomalacia | softening of the bone
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| dialysis | removal of toxins from the blood
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| hemolysis | breakdown of the blood
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| dyskinesia | painful movement
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| appendicitis | inflammation of the appendix
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| electrocardiography | the proces of recording the electricity of the heart
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| electrocardiograph | the instrument that is used to record the electricity of the hear
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| electrocardiograph | record of the hearts electricity
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| hemoglobin | the protein found in RBC (transfers O2)
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| carcinogenesis | formation of cancer
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| carcinogen | that which produces cancer
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| anesthesia | no feeling
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| anemia | low level of blood
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| hematemesis | vomiting of blood
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| narcolepsy | sudden attack of sleep
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| epilepsy | recurring seizures
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| cyanosis | condition of blueness
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| nephrolithiasis | condition of kidney stones
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| lymphedema | accumulation of lymph fluid
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| hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus
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| scleroderma | hard skin
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| bronchiectasis | dilation of the bronchi
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| erythrocyte | red blood cell
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| endocrine gland | gland that secretes hormones within the blood
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| rectocele | protrusion of the rectum
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| leukoblast | immature white blood cells
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| myasthenia gravis | great muscle weakness
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| amylase | enzyme that breaks down the stomach
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| arthralgia | joint pain
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| cephalodynia | head pain
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| caudad | towards the feet
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| -logy | study of
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| -logist | specialist
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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