Chapter 3 Suffixes!
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| -ad | toward, increase
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| -algesia | sensitivity to pain
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| -algia | pain
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -cyte | cell
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| -dynia | pain
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| -estasia | stretching or dilation
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| -cide | to kill; to destroy
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -ography | process of recording
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| -genesis | generating; formation
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| -iatrist | one who treats; a physician
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| -ion | action; progress
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -cele | swelling or herniation
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -itis | inflammation
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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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| -ologist | one who specializes in the study of
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| -lysis | destruction or detachment
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| -mania | a mental disorder; a madness
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | an instrument used to measure
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| -metry | the process of measuring
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ole | small or little
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia | visual condition
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| -osis | condition
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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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| -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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| -rrhaphy | suturing
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| -rrhea | discharge; flow
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -tomy | incision into
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| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening
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| -tripsy | intentional crushing
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| -ate | something that...
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| -er | one who
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| -ism | condition
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| -tion | process of
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| -ician | pertaining to
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| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope
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| -blast | embryonic stage of development
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| -clasis | crushing or breaking up
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| -desis | binding or surgical fusion
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| -gravida | pregnancy
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| -us | a suffix that identifies singular nouns
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| Plural for -a | -ae
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| Plural for -ax | -aces
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| Plural for -is | -es
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| Plural for -ix, ex, or yx | -ices
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| Plural for -on | -a
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| Plural for -um | -a
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| Plural for -us | -i
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| Plural for -ma | -mata
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