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-a | a is a noun ending
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-ac | pertaining to
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-ad | towards, increase
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-algesia | -sesitivity to pain
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-algia | -pain
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-ar | pertaining to
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-ary | pertaining to; relating to
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-ate | something that
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-blast | embryonic stage of development
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-cele | swelling or herniation
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-centesis | surgical puncture
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-cide | to kill, to destroy
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-clasis | crusing or breaking up
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-cyte | cell
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-desis | binding or surgical fusion
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-dynia | pain
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-e | e is a noun ending
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-eal | pertaining to
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-ectasia | stretching or dilation
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-ectomy | surgical removal
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-emia | blood condition
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-er | one who
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-esis | condition of
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-gen | that which generates
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-genesis | generating formation
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-genic | pertaining to, formation, producing
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-gram | record or picture
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-graph | instrument used to record
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-graphy | process of recording
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-gravida | pregnancy
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-ia | condition (ia is a noun ending)
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-ian-ician | specialist in a field of
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-iasis | presence of an abnormal condition
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-iatric | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment
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-iatrician | one who treats; a physician
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-iatrist | one who treats; a physician
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-iatry | medical treatment, medical profession
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-ic | pertaining to
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-ical | pertaning to (ical is the combination of ic+al)
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-ile | pertaining to, capable
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-ion | action, process
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-ism | condition
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-ist | practitioner
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-itis | inflammation
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-ize | to make, to treat or combine with
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-lepsy | seizure, attack
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-lith | stone
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-lithiasis | presence or formation of stones
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-logy | the study of
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-logist | one who specializes in the study of
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-lysis | destruction or detachment
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-lytic | destruction
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-mania | a mental disorder; a "madness"
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-megaly | enlargement
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-meter | an intrument used to measure
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-metry | the process of measuring
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-oid | resembling
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-ole / ule / ula | little or small
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-oma | tumor
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-opia-opsia | visual condition
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-opsy | process of viewing
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-ory | pertaining to, characterized by
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-osis | condition
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-ous | pertaining to
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-pathy | disease
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-penia | decrease in; deficiency
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-pexy | surgical fixation
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-philia | attracted to
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-phobia | abnormal fear
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-plasia | formation or development
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-plasty | surgical repair
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-plegia | paralysis
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-pnea | breathing
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-ptosis | drooping or prolapse
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-rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge
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-rrhaphy | suturing
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-rrhea | discharge; flow
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-rrhexis | rupture
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-scope | an instrument used to view
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-scopy | the process of viewing with a scope
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-stasis | stopping or controlling
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-stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening
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-tic | pertaining to
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-tion | process of
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-tomy | incision into
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-tripsy | intentional crushing
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-um | a suffix that identifies singular nouns
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-uria | a characteristic of the urine
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-us | a suffix that identifies singular nounds
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-y | y is a nound ending
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