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suffexes/preffexs

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lysis   separation, destruction, loosing  
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osis   abnormal condition increases  
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-pexi   fixation of a organ  
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inter-   between  
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hypo-   under, below, deficient  
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hyper-   excision, above normal  
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-genesis   forming, producing, origin  
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epi-   above, upon  
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endo-   in, within  
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-ectomy   surgical removal of excision  
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-ectasis   dilation, expantion  
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dys-   bad, painful, difficult  
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-cyesis   pregnancy  
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-clasis   to break, surgical fracture  
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-centesis   sugical puncture  
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-cele   hernition of swelling  
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-algia   pain  
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poly-   many, much  
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-ptosis   dropping, sagging  
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-rrhagia   bursting forth, hemmorrage  
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-triptor   instrument to crush  
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-schisis   splitting  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-gram   recording, writing  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-iasis   abnormal condition of  
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-rrhea   discharge, flow  
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-version   act of turning  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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juxta-   beside, next to  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-ologist   specialest in the study of  
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lacti-   milk  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-uria   urine  
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primi-   first  
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-phobia   fear  
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multi-   many,much  
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-gravida   pregnancy  
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-tocia   childbirth, labour  
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-tripsy   process of crushing  
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a- an   lack or, without  
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-tomy   incision  
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-sapinx   fallopian tube  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-arche   beginning  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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peri-   around  
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-pathy   disease  
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-para   to bare  
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-oma   tumour  
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-ism   process  
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