Review of Combining forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes
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| aden/o | gland
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| arthr/o | joint
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| bi/o | life
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| carcin/o | cancerous
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| cardi/o | heart
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| cis/o | to cut
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| crin/o | to secrete
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| cyst/o | cell
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| cyt/o | cell
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| derm/o | skin
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| dermat/o | skin
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| elect/o | electricity
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| encephal/o | brain
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| enter/o | intestines
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| erythr/o | red
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| gynec/o | woman; female
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| hemat/o | blood
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| hem/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| iatr/o | pertaining to
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| leuk/o | white
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| onc/o | tumor
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| oste/o | bone
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| path/o | disease
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| ped/o | child
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| psych/o | mind
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| radi/o | x-rays
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| ren/o | kidney
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| sect/o | to cut
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| thromb/o | clot
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| ur/o | urine
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -algia | pain
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| -cyte | cell
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| -ectomy | removal
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genic | produced by or in
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| -globin | protein
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| -gram | record
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -ion | process
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| -ist | specialist
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logy | study of
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opsy | view of
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| -osis | condition
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| -pathy | disease
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| -scope | instrument for visual examination
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -sis | state of
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| -tomy | process of cutting
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| -y | condition of
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| a- | no; not; without
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| an- | no; not; without
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| auto- | self; own
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| dia- | complete
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| end- | in; within
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| endo- | in; within
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| epi- | above; up; on
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| ex- | out; away from
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| exo- | out; away from
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| hyper- | above; excessive
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| hypo- | dificient; below
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| in- | in; into; not
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| peri- | surrounding
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| pro- | before; forward
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| re- | back; again; backward
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| retro- | behind; back; backward
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| sub- | under; below
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| trans- | across; through
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| adip/o | fat
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| anter/o | front
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| bol/o | cast; throw
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| cervic/o | neck; cervix
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| chrondr/o | cartlidge
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| chrom/o | color
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| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone)
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| crani/o | skull
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| dist/o | far; distant
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| dors/o | back
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| hist/o | tissue
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| ili/o | ilium
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| inguin/o | groin
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| later/o | side
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| lumb/o | lower back
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| medi/o | middle
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| necle/o | nucleus
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| pelv/i | pelvis
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| poster/o | back, behind
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| prosim/o | near
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| sacr/o | sacrum
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| spin/o | spine
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| thel/o | nipple
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| thorac/o | chest
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| trache/o | trachea
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| umbilic/o | umbilicus (navel)
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| ventr/o | bellyside of body
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| vertebr/o | bertebra
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| viscer/o | internal organs
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| ana- | up; apart; backward
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| cata- | daown
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| inter- | between
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| meta- | change; beyond
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -iac | pertaining to
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| -ism | process; condition
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| acr/o | extremities
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| acu/o | sharp; sudden; severe
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| adip/o | fat
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| amni/o | amnion
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| angi/o | vessel
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| ateri/o | artery
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| axill/0 | armpit
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| bronch/o | bronchial tube
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| chem/o | drug; chemical
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| chron/o | time
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| col/o | colon
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| morph/o | shape; form
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| muc/o | mucus
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord
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| necr/o | death
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| neutr/o | neither; nuetral
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| ot/o | ear
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| peritone/o | peritoneum
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| phag/o | eat; swallo
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| phleb/o | vein
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| plas/o | development; formation
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| pleur/o | pleura, side, rib
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| pneumon/o | lung; air; gas
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| pulmon/o | lung; air; gas
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| hem/o | blood
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| hydr/o | water
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| lapar/o | abdominal wall
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| laryng/o | larynyx
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| lymph/o | lymph
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| mamm/o | breast
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| mast/o | breast
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| rect//o | rectum
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| rhin/o | nose
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| inguin/o | groin
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| spleen/o | spleen
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| staphyl/o | clusters
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| strept/o | twisted chains
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| tonsill/o | tonsil
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| ven/o | vein
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| -algia | pain
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| -cele | hernia
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| -centesis | surgical punture to remove fluid
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| -coccus | berry shapped bacterium
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| -cyte | cell
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectomy | removal; excision
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genesis | producing; forming
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasia | development; formation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | instrument for visual exam
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -statis | to stop; control; place
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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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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logy | study (process of)
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| -lysis | breakdown
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargment
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| -oma | tumor; mass
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| -opsy | view of
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| -osis | condition; usually abnormal
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| -pathy | disease; emotion
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| -stomy | new opening
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tomy | process of cutting
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| -trophy | nourishment; development
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| -er | one who
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| -ia | condition
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| -ist | specialist
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| -ole | little; small
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| -um, -ium | structure
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| -us | structure
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| -y | condition; process
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| -ac, -iac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -genic | produced by or in
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| -ic, -ical | pertaining to
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| -oid | iodine
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| -ose | full of; pertaining to
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -tic | pertaining to
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