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Mod 1-9 Suffixes & meanings

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-AC, -AL, -IC, -ICAL   pertaining to  
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-ac, -iac   pertaining to  
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-al, -ar, -ary, -eal   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-cele   hernia  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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-coccus (plural: -cocci)   berry-shaped baterium (plural:bacteria)  
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-cyte   cell  
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-dynia   pain  
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-eal, -iac, -ior   pertaining to  
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-ectomy   excision, removal, resection  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-er   one who  
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-genesis   condition of producing, forming  
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-GENIC   pertaining to producing, produced by or produced in  
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-GLOBIN   protein  
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-gram   record  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-ia   condition  
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-ION   process  
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-ism   process, condition  
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-ist   specialist  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-logy   study of  
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-lysis   breakdown, destruction, separation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ole; -ule   little, small  
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-oma   tumor/mass, collection of fluid  
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-opsy   to view  
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-ose   pertaining to, full of  
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-osis   condition, usually abnormal  
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-ous, -tic   pertaining to  
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-pathy   disease/condition  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-phobia   fear  
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-plasia   development, formation, growth  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-ptosis   drooping, sagging, prolapse  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-scope   instrument for visual examination  
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-scopy   process of visual examination (with an endoscope)  
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-stasis   stopping, controlling  
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-stomy   opening to form a mouth (stoma)  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tomy   incision, cutting into  
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-trophy   relationship to nourishment or development  
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-um, -ium   structure, tissue  
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-us   structure, substance  
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-y   condition, process  
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