The beginning suffixes and prefixes
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cardi | heart
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gastr | stomach
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hepat | liver
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rhin | nose
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cephal | head
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arthr | joint
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my | muscle
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oste | bone
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electr | electricity
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carcin | cancer
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ecetomy | surgical removal
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itis | inflammation
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megaly | enlarged
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logy | study of
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gram | record or picture
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pathy | disease
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inter | between
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a- | without
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dys | abnormal
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sub | below,underneath
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bi | two
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post | after
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rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose
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hepatomegaly | enlarged liver
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electrocardiogram | records of the heart's electricity
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osteoarthritis | bone and joint inflammation
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a keep the a and add | e! vertebra, vertebrae
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ax drop the x and add | ces! thorax, thoraces
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ex drop the ex and add | ices! apex, apices
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ix drop the x and add | ces! appendix, appendices
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ma keep ma and add | ta! sarcoma, sarcomata
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is drop the is and add | es! metastasis, metastases
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on drop on and add | a! spermatozoon, spermatoza
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us drop us and add | i! alveolus, alveoli
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um drop um and add | a! ovum, ova
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y drop y and add | ies! biopsy, biopsies
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x drop x and add | ges! phalanx, phalanges
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algia | pain
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asthenia | weakness
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cele | hernia protrusion
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dynia | pain
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cytosis | abnormal cell condition
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ectasis | dilated, streatch out
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edema | swelling
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emesis | vomiting
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emia | condition of the blood
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ia | state, condition
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iasis | abnormal condition
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ism | state of condition
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itis | inflammation
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lith | stone
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lysis | destruction
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lytic | destruction
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malacia | abnormal softening
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megaly | enlargement, large
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oma | tumor, mass
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osis | abnormal condition
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pathy | disease
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penia | too few
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phobia | fear
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plegia | paralysis
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ptosis | drooping
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rrhage | bursting forth
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rrhagia | bursting forth
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rrheah | discharge, flow
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rrhexis | rupture
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sclerosis | hardened
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spasam | involuntary muscle contraction
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stasis | stopping
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stenosis | narrowing
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toxic | posion
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uria | condition of the urine
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clasia | surgical breaking
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desis | surgical fixation
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ectomy | surgical removal, excision
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ostomy | surgically create an opening
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otomy | cutting into, incision
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pexy | surgical fixation
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plasty | surgical repair
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rrhaphy | suture
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tome | instrument to cut
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tripsy | crushing
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centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid
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gram | record or picture
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graph | instrument for recording
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graphy | process of recording
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manometer | process for measuring pressure
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meter | instrument for measuring
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metry | proccess of measuring
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scope | instrument of veiwing
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scopy | process of visually examining
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cle | small
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cyesis | pregnancy
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cyte | cell
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derma | skin condition
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dipsia | thirst
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esthesia | feeling, sensation
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gen | that which produces
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genesis | produces, generates
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genic | producing
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globin | protein
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globulin | protein
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gravida | pregnancy
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kenesia | movement
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oid | resembling
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ole | small
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opida | vision
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opsy | view of
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osmia | sense of smell
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oxia | oxygen
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para | to bear ( offspring )
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partum | birth, labor
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pepsia | digestion
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phagia | eating, swallowing
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phasia | speech
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phil | attracted to
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phonia | voice
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plasam | formation, development
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pnea | breaking
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brady | slow
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poiesis | formation
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porosis | porous
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ptysis | spitting up, coughing up
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therapy | treatment
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thorax | chest
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trophic | development
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trophy | nourishment, development
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ule | small
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er | one who
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iatric | medical specialty
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iatrist | physician
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ist | specialist
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logist | one who studies
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logy | study of
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ac | pertaining to ( cardiac )
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al | pertaining to ( duodenal pertaining to duodenum)
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an | pertaining to ( ovarian )
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ar | pertaining to ( ventricle )
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ary | pertaining to pulmonary ( pertaining to the lungs )
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atic | pertaining to lymphatic
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eal | pertaining to seophageal
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ic | pertaining to gastric
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ine | pertaining to uterine
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ior | pertaining to superior
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nic | pertaining to embryonic
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ory | pertaining to auditory
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ose | pertaining to adipose ( fat )
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ous | pertaining to venous ( veins )
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tic | pertaining to hepatic ( liver )
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