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Suffixes

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Centesis   to puncture/tap to draw fluid from  
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desis   surgical fixation, fusion  
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ectomy   excision, removal, cut out  
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pexy   fixation  
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plasty   surgical repair, correction  
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rrhaphy   suture  
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sect   to cut  
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stomy   forming a new opening  
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tome   instrument for cutting  
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tomy   incision into, cut into  
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tripsy   to crush, break down  
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puncture   to pierce a surface  
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assay   examine, analyze  
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gram   written record, recording  
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graph   instrument for recording  
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graphy   process of recording  
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manometer   instrument for measuring pressure  
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manometry   instrument for measuring pressure  
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meter   instrument for meausre  
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metery   process of measuring  
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opsy   to view  
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scope   instrument for examining  
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scopy   process of examining, examination  
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rrhagia   excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge  
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rrhage   suture  
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rrhea   flow, discharge  
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rrhexis   rupture  
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algia   algesia- pain  
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cele   herniation, swelling  
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cide   killing, agent that kills  
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cyte   cele  
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emia   blood condition  
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ism   condition, disease  
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ist   specialist  
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itis   inflammation  
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logist   one who studies, specialist  
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logia   logy- the study of  
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lysis   destruction. break down  
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megaly   enlarged  
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oid   resembling, like  
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oma   tumor, mass  
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opia   opsia - vision  
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osis   condition of  
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pathy   - disease  
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plasm   growth/formation of tissue  
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pnea   breath, breathing  
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porosis   decrese in density  
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ptosis   drooping, prolapsed  
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ptysis   spitting, spit up  
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spasm   twitching, involuntary contraction  
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therapy   treatment  
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