Suffixes
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| -ac stands for | pertaining to
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| -ad stands for | toward, increase
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| -al stands for | pertaining to
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| -algesia stands for | sensitivity to pain
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| -algia stands for | pain
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| -ar stands for | pertaining to
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| -cele stands for | swelling or hernation
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| -centesis stands for | surgical puncture
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| -cide stands for | to kill; to destroy
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| -cyte stands for | cell
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| -dynia stands for | pain
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| -ectasia stands for | stretching or dilation
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| -ectomy stands for | surgical removal
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| -emia stands for | blood condition
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| -er stands for | one who
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| -genesis stands for | generating; formation
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| -genic stands for | pertaining to, formation, producing
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| -gram stands for | record or picture
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| -graph stands for | an instrument used to record
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| -graphy stands for | process of recording
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| -ia stands for | condition; pertaining to
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| -iasis stands for | presence of an abnormal condition
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| -iatric(s) stands for | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment
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| -iatrist stands for | one who treats; a physician
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| -iatry stands for | medical treatment, medical profession
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| -ic stands for | pertaining to
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| -ician stands for | specialist in a field of study
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| -ion stands for | action; process
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| -ism stands for | condition
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| -ist stands for | practioner
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| -itis stands for | inflammation
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| -lepsy stands for | seizure; attack
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| -lith stands for | stone
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| -lithiasis stands for | presence or formation of stones
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| -logy stands for | study of
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| -logist stands for | one who specializes in the study of
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| -lysis stands for | destruction or detachment
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| -lytic stands for | destruction
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| -mania stands for | a mental disorder; a madness
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| -megaly stands for | enlargement
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| -meter stands for | an instrument used to measure
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| -metry stands for | process of measuring
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| -oid stands for | resembling
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| -ole stands for | small or little
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| -oma stands for | tumor
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| -opia stands for | visual condition
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| -osis stands for | condition
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| -ous stand for | pertaining to
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| -pathy stands for | disease
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| -penia stands for | decrease in; deficiency
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| -pexy stands for | surgical fixation
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| -philia stands for | attracted to
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| -phobia stands for | abnormal fear
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| -plasis stands for | formation or development
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| -plasty stands for | surgical repair
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| -plegia stands for | paralysis
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| -pnea stands for | breathing
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| -ptosis stands for | drooping or prolapse
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| -rrhagia stands for | excessive flow or discharge
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| -rrhea stands for | discharge; flow
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| -rrhexis stands for | rupture
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| -scope stands for | instrument used to view
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| -scopy stands for | process of viewing with a scope
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| -stasis stands for | stopping or controlling
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| -stomy stands for | surgical creation of a new opening
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| -tic stands for | pertaining to
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| -tomy stands for | incision into
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| -tripsy stands for | intentional crushing
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| -ula stands for | small, little
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| -uria stands for | urine
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