All suffixes
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| -ance | quality or act of
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| -cide | killer
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| -ectasis | dilation, expansion of
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| -form | structure or shape
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| -gen | production of
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| -ician, -ist | one charged with or skilled in
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| -ion | act of, state of, result of
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| -meter | measure
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| -ology | study of
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| -or | that which
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| -phylaxis | protection
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| -poiesis | production
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| -sthenia | strength
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| -ure | act or result of an action
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| -ule | small
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| -culus | small
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| -ole | tiny
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -ate | salt made from an acid
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| -in, -ine | halogen, alkaloid, or nitrogen base
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| -ol | oil
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| -ose | carbohydrate
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| -ism | condition, act, process
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| -ity | quality, state of
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| -less | without, not capable
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| -osis | action, state, process, condition
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| -philia | love of
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| -stasis | at a standstill, lack of flow
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| -tonia | stretching, putting under tension
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| -centesis | puncture of a cavity
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| -cis | cut
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| -clastic | breaking
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| -clasis | breaking down
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| -desis | binding, fusion
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| -ectomy | excision, cutting out
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| -gram, -graphy | act or method of recording
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| -lysis | setting free, dissolution
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| -ostomy | creation of a mouth or opening
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| -otomy | cutting into
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| -pexy | fixation
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| -plasty | modeling or shaping
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| -rrhaphy | closure of by suturing, repair
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| -scope, -scopy | looking at, examining
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| -sect | cut
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| -tome | instrument for cutting
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| -tripsy | rubbing, crushing
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| -algia | pain
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| -atresia | abnormal closure
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| -cele | swelling, bulging, tumor
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| -cyst | bladder like sacs
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ema | swelling distention
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| -ia, -iasis | a diseased condition
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| -itis | inflammation of
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| -malacia | softing
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| -oma | tumor
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| -pathy | suffering, disease
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| -phobia | fear of
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| -ptosis | dropping, downward displacing
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -staxis | hemorrhage
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -acy | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -an | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -fugal | moving away from
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ile | capacity for, having the qualities
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| -ious | capable of, causing
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| -oid | like
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| -ory | pertaining to
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| -ose | full of, qualities of
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -trophic | growth, development
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