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1
Q

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ory, -ous

A

pertaining to

2
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-agogue

A

promoter, stimulator

3
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-algesia, -algia, -odynia

A

pain

4
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-ase

A

enzyme

5
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-blast

A

immature cell, productive cell

6
Q

-capnia

A

carbon dioxide (level of)

7
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-cele

A

hernia, localized dilation

8
Q

-centesis

A

puncture, tap

9
Q

-clasis, -clasia

A

breaking

10
Q

-cyte

A

cell

11
Q

-desis

A

binding, fusion

12
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-dilation, -dilatation

A

expansion, widening

13
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-ectasia, -ectasis

A

dilation, distention

14
Q

-ectomy

A

excision, surgical removal

15
Q

-edema

A

accumulation of fluid, swelling

16
Q

-emia, -hemia

A

condition of blood

17
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-esthesia, -esthesi/o

A

sensation

18
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-form

A

like, resembling

19
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-gen, -genesis

A

origin, formation

20
Q

-geusia

A

sense of taste

21
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-gram

A

record of data

22
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-graph

A

instrument for recording data

23
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-graphy

A

act of recording data

24
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-hemi

A

half, one side

25
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-ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -sis, -y

A

condition of

26
Q

-ian, -ist

A

specialist

27
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-iatrics, -iatry, -ics,

A

medical specialty

28
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-itis

A

inflammation

29
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-lalia

A

speech, babble

30
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-lepsy

A

seizure

31
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-listhesis

A

slipping

32
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-logy

A

study of

33
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-lysis

A

separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

34
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-lytic

A

dissolving, reducing, loosening

35
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-malacia

A

softening

36
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-mania

A

excited state, obsession

37
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-megaly

A

enlargement

38
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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

39
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-metry

A

measurement of

40
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-mimetic

A

mimicking, simulating

41
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-necrosis

A

death of tissue

42
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-oid

A

like, resembling

43
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-oma

A

tumor

44
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-opia, -opsia

A

condition of the eye, vision

45
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-ose

A

sugar

46
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-osmia

A

sense of smell

47
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-oxia

A

oxygen (level of)

48
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-paresis

A

partial paralysis, weakness

49
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-pathy

A

disease, any disease of

50
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-penia

A

decease in, deficiency of

51
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

52
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-phasia

A

speech

53
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-philic

A

attracting, absorbing

54
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-phobia

A

fear

55
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-phonia

A

voice

56
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-plasia

A

formation, molding, development

57
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-plasty

A

plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

58
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

59
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-pnea

A

breathing

60
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-poiesis

A

formation, production

61
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-ptosis

A

dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

62
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-rhage, -rhagia

A

bursting forth, profuse flow

63
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-rhaphy

A

surgical repair, suture

64
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-rhea

A

flow, discharge

65
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-rhexis

A

rupture

66
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-schisis

A

fissure, splitting

67
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-sclerosis

A

hardening

68
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-scope

A

instrument for viewing or examining

69
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-scopy

A

examination of

70
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-some

A

body, small body

71
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-spasm

A

sudden contraction, cramp

72
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-stasis

A

suppression, stoppage

73
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-spermia

A

condition of semen

74
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-stenosis

A

narrowing, constriction

75
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-stomy

A

surgical creation of an opening

76
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-tome

A

instrument for incising

77
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-tomy

A

incision, cutting

78
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-toxin

A

poison

79
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-tripsy

A

crushing

80
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-tropic

A

acting on, affecting

81
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-trophy, -trophia

A

feeding, growth, nourishment

82
Q

-uresis

A

urination

83
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-uria

A

condition of urine