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Chapter 4 assignment-

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Term
Definition
-algia   pain  
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-asthenia   weakness  
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-desi   binding  
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-dynia   pain  
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-esthesia   sensation  
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-kinesia   movement  
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-kinesis   movement  
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-phobia   fear  
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-phonia   sound  
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-phoria   feeling, carrying  
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-cele   hernia  
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-cytosis   condition of cells  
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-ectasia   expansion; dilation  
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-ectasis   expanding; dilating  
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-edema   swelling  
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-ema   condition  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-iass   pathological condition or state; presence of  
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-ism   condition, disease  
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-itis (pl.-tides)   inflammation  
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-lepsy   seizures  
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-leptic   pertaining to seizures pertaining to seizures  
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-lithiasis   presence of stones  
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-mania   obsession; madness  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma (pl.-omata   tumor, neoplasm  
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-opia   vision  
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-opsia   vision  
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-osis (pl. -(pl.oses)   condition, state, process  
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-paresis   slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling  
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-pathy   disease  
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-penia   deficiency, small, fewer  
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-philia   attraction ; affinity for  
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-phrenia   of the mind  
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-phthisis   wasting away  
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physis   growing  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-plegic   pertaining to paralysis  
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-ptosis   falling down; drooping  
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_rrhea   to flow or discharge  
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-rrhagia   excessive bleeding (amount and / or frequency  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-trophic   pertaining to nutrition  
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-trophy   nutrition  
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-blast   immature, forming  
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-cidal   destroying, killing  
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-crine   secreting  
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-malacia   softening  
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-para   bearing  
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-parous   producing, bearing  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-phage, -phagia   eating, devouring  
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-phagy   swallowing  
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-phasia   speaking  
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-phoresis   carrying  
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-plasia   formation, development, growth  
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-plastic   forming  
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-pnea   breath  
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-poiesis   production, formation  
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-poiectic   pertaining to production  
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-para   bearing  
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-porosis   lessening in density  
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-rrhage   discharge heavily  
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-schisis   splitting  
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-somnia   sleep  
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-spasm   contraction  
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-stalss   contraction  
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-stasis   stopping, constant  
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-stenosis   narrowing  
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-cyte   cell  
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-derma   skin  
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-emia   blood  
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-emic   relating to blood  
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-globin   protein  
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-globulin   protein  
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-oxia   oxygen  
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-plakia   plaque  
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-plasm   thing formed  
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-uria   urine  
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-ectomy   removal of part or all of an organ or body part  
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-lysis   destruction of  
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-lytic   pertaining to destruction  
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-ostomy   opening to the outside of the body  
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-pexy   fixation, usually done surgically  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhapry   surgical suturing  
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-static, -stasis   maintaining a state  
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-stomy   opening  
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-tome   cutting instrument, segment  
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-tomy   cutting operation  
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-crit   separate  
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-gen   producer  
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-genesis   origin  
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-genic   produced by  
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-gram   a recording  
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-graph   recording instrument  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-meter   measuring device  
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-metry   measurement  
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-opsy   view of  
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-pheresis   removal  
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-phil   attraction, affinity for  
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-scope   instrument (esp. on used for observing or measuring  
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-scopy   use of an instrument for observing  
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-ad   toward  
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-clasis   breaking  
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-clast   breaking instrument  
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-form   in the shape of  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-ics   treatment, practice, body of language  
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-logist   one who studies  
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-logy   study, practice  
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-oid   like, resembling  
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-phylasis   protection, prevention  
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-plegic   one who is paralyzed  
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-stat   agent to maintain a state of equilibrium  
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-tropia   turning  
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-tropic   turning upward  
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-tropy   attracted to target structures  
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-versions   turning  
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