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verbal variations of stem word verbs

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-algia   pain neur/algia- nerve/pain  
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-audi; -audio   hear; hearing audio/meter- hearing/meter  
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bio-   to live bio/logy- study of living  
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cau-; caus-   to burn caus/algia- burning/pain  
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-centesis   puncture; perforate pneumono/centesis- lung/punture  
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-clas; -clast; -clasis   to smash; breakdown cyto/clasis- cell/breakdown  
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-duct-; -doch-   canal or to draw ab/duct/ion- away/draw or lead/ process  
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-dynia   pain thoraco/dynia - chest/pain  
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-ecta; ectasis   to dialate vas/ectasis- vessel/dialated  
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-edem-   to swell lymph/edema- watery/swelling  
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-ethes/ia; -phoro-   to feel (physical) to sense (mental) an/esthesia- without/body feeling (weakness) eu/phoria- good mental feeling  
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-fiss-; -schiz-   to split fiss/ion- splitting/process of  
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-flec; -flex-   to bend re/flex- again/bend  
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flu-; flux-   to flow af/flu/ent- toward/flow/refers to re/flux- again/flow  
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-gen   to produce, form, develop, or begin carcino/gen/esis- crab leg like/development/condition  
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-iatr; -iatr/o; -therap/y   to treat; cure ger/iatr/ics- old age/cure/procedure  
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-kine-; -kino-; kineso- -praxia   to move kinesi/ol/og/y- study of motion/procedure of  
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-liga; -desis   to bind liga/ment- to bind/smallness  
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-o/log/y   to study cardi/o/log/y- study of/science or study of/process of  
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-ly-; -lysis   to break up; to dissolve auto/lysis- cell self-destruction  
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-morph-; -morpho-   form; shape a/morph/ous- no definite form/refers to  
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olfact-; -osmia   to smell olfacto/phobia- fear of smells  
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-op-; opt-; -opto; -opsy   vision; sightl or to see my/opia- near-sighted bi/o/psy- live/viewing  
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palpit-   to flutter palpit/ation- flutter/ refers to  
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-par; -part; -partus-; -toci-   to labor partur/ition- giving birth/process of dys/toc/ia- act of difficult/birth/refers to  
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-pep-   to digest dys/pep/sia- faulty/disgestion/refers to  
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-pexy   to fix nerph/o/pex/y- kidney/surgical fixation/procedure of  
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-phag-; -phago-   to eat phago/cytosis- eating/cells increase  
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-phas-   to speak; utter dys/phas/ia- difficulty/speakng/ refers to  
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-phil-   to like; love; affinity for hemo/phil/iac- blood/love/refers to  
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-phob-   to fear hydro/phob/ia- water/fear/refers to  
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-phrag-   fence off; to wall off dia/phragm- across/partition acoss  
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-plas;-plasm; -plast/y -pleg-   repair; form; to grow rhino/plasty- nose/repairing neo/plasm- new/growth  
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-pnea   to breathe lack of/ breathing  
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phono   voice or sound a/phon/ia- lack of/voice or sound/refers to  
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-poie-   to make hemat/o/poie/sis- blood making condition  
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-ptosis   to fall to droop splanchn/o/ptosis- viscera/drooping  
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o/rrhagia   to burst forth; pour men/o/rrhagia- abnormal bleeding mentration/ refers to  
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-o/rrhaphy   to stuture nephr/o/rrhaph/y- suture or sewing procedure of  
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-therp/y   heal; treat; cure chem/o/therp/y- chemicals/cure/procedure of  
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-tomy   to cut; in/cise append/ec/tom/y- appendage/out/cut/refers to  
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-troph-; -troph/y   to nourish; to develop; formation process hyper/troph/y- increase/in size or over-nourishment/process of  
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-volvo-   to turn; twist volv/ulus- twisting of internal part/refers to  
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-vulvo-   to cover vulv/us- female gential covering/refers to  
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