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Yellow Mod - prefix and suffix

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a-, an-   without, not  
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brady-   slow  
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dys-   bad, painful, difficult  
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endo-   within; in  
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eu-   good, normal  
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extra-   outside; outward  
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hyper-   excessive, above normal  
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peri-   around  
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tachy-   rapid  
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trans-   across  
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-algia   pain  
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-capnia   carbon dioxide  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-clysis   irrigation, washing  
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-crasia   mixture, blending  
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-cyte   cell  
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-ectasis   dilation, expansion  
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-ectomy   surgical excision  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-fusion   pour  
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-gram   instrument to record  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-ia   condition of, pertaining to  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-lysis   destruction, seperation, loosening  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement of  
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-meter   instrument to measure  
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-ology   study of  
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-oma   tumor  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-osmia   smell  
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-pathy   disease  
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-penia   deficiency of  
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-pexy   surgical fixation (of an organ)  
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-phage   cell that destroys, eating, swallowing  
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-phonia   voice  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-ptosis   prolapse, drooping, sagging  
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-ptysis   spitting  
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-rrhaphy   a suturing  
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-rrhea   discharge, flow  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-scope   instrument to view  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-spasm   sudden involuntary contraction, twitching  
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-sphyxia   pulse  
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-stasis   stopping, controlling, standing still  
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-stenosis   narrowing, stricture  
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-stomy   artificail opening  
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-thorax   pleural cavity, chest  
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-tomy   incision  
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-crasis   mixture, blending  
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-necrosis   death  
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-pnenia   deficiency of  
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al-   pertaining to  
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ar-   pertaining to  
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