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suffixes and prefixes

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-ac   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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-ic   pertaining to  
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-ine   pertaining to  
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-ive   pertaining to  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-ation   a process; being or having  
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-ion   action; condition  
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-lysis   process of breaking down or destroying  
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-ia   condition; state; thing  
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-ism   process;disease from a specific cause  
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-itis   inflammation of; infection of  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor; mass  
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-osis   condition; abnormal condition; process  
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-pathy   disease; suffering  
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-ectomy   surgical excision  
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-gram   a record or picture  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-scope   instrument used to examine  
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-scopy   process of using an instrument to examine  
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-stomy   surgically created opening  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tomy   process of cutting or making an incision  
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-iatry   medical treatment  
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-ist   one who specializes in  
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-logy   the study of  
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endo-   innermost; within  
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epi-   upon; above  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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peri-   around  
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post-   after; behind  
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pre-   before; in front of  
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sub-   below; underneath; less than  
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trans-   across; through  
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bi-   two  
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brady-   slow  
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hemi-   one half  
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hyper-   above; more than normal  
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hypo-   below; deficient  
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mono-   one; single  
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poly-   many; much  
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quadri-   four  
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tachy-   fast  
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tri-   three  
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a-   away from; without  
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an-   without; not  
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anti-   against  
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de-   reversal of; without  
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dys-   painful; difficult; abnormal  
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eu-   normal; good  
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mal-   bad; inadequate  
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re-   again and again  
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