Suffixes Flashcards
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-cide
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causing death
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-gnosia
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knowledge, to know
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-ian
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specialist
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-ose
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full of, pertaining to, sugar
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-iasis
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abnormal condition, disease
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-uria
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urination, urine
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-mania
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obsessive preoccupation
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-iatry
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field of medicine
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-penia
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deficiency, lack, too few
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-tripsy
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to crush
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-phylaxis
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protection
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-ible
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capable of, able to
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-opia
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vision condition
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-ific
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making, producing
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-dilation
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widening, stretching, expanding
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-cyte
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cell
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-cytic
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pertaining to a cell
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-emia
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blood, blood condition
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-ax
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noun ending
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-pathy
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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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-phonia
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sound, voice
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-dynia
A
pain
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-megaly
enlargement
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-ion
action, process, state or condition
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-an
characteristic of, pertaining to
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-y
noun ending
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-ine
pertaining to
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-acusia, -acusis
hearing, sense of hearing
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-esis
abnormal condition, disease
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-tropin
to stimulate, act on
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-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
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-iform
shaped or formed like, resembling
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-phylactic
protective, preventive
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
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-plegia
paralysis, stroke
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-ary
pertaining to
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-iatrist
specialist
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-igo
attack, disease condition
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-ole
little, small
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-cusis
hearing
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-leptic
to seize, take hold of
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-sol
solution
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-hexia
habit
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-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
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-ferent
carrying
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-plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
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-ago
abnormal condition, disease
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-coccus
spherical bacteria
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-gram
a picture or record
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-ize
to make, to treat
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-phil, -philia
attraction to, like, love
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-acious
characterized by
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-ule
small one
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-physis
to grow
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-oxia
oxygen condition
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-plasm
formative material of cells
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-dipsia
thirst
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-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
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-logy
study of
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-apheresis
removal
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-fic
making, producing, forming
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-gog, -gogue
make flow
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-meter
measure, instrument used to measure
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-ior
pertaining to
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-mission
to send
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-surgery
operative procedure
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-dema
swelling (fluid)
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-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
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-ist
a person who practices, specialist
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-lytic
to reduce, destroy
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-ive
performs, tends toward
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-cyst
bladder, bag
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-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction
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-tropic
having an affinity for
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-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
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-sis
abnormal condition, disease
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-ium
structure, tissue
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-tic
pertaining to
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-desis
to bind, tie together
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-able
capable of, able to
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-otia
ear condition
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-oma
tumor
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-ostomy
the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
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-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
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-aria
connected with
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-lithiasis
presence of stones
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-stalsis
contraction, constriction
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-amine
nitrogen compound
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-ory
pertaining to
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-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
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-al
pertaining to
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-crasia
a mixture or blending
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-ferous
bearing, carrying, producing
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-sthenia
strength
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-metry
to measure
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-tome
instrument to cut
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-pnea
breathing
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-kinesis
motion
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-plastic
pertaining to formation
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-ptysis
spitting
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-poiesis
formation, to make
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-verse, -version
to turn
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-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
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-itis
inflammation
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-ancy
state of
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-iatrics
field of medicine, healing
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-partum
childbirth, labor
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-fusion
pour
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-eal
pertaining to
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-opsia, -opsis, -opsy
vision, view of
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-dote
what is given
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-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall
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-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
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-crit
to separate
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-tion
process, state of quality of
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-algia
pain, suffering, painful condition
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-ula
small, little
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-pause
stopping
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-pheresis
removal
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-e
noun ending
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-er
one who
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-plegic
one affected with paralysis
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-praxia
action, condition concerning the performance of movements
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-ase
enzyme
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-eurysm
widening
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-gene
producing, origin, formation
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-arche
beginning
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-ergy
work
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-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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-spasm
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, crampin
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-lith
stone, calculus
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-us
thing, singular noun ending
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-mimetic
mimic, copy
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-ation
state or action
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-listhesis
slipping
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-asthenia
weakness, lack of strength
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-para
to give birth
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-phyte
plant
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-metrist
one who measures
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-ectopy
displacement
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-otomy
cutting, surgical incision
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-um
singular noun ending
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-ectasis
stretching, dilation, enlargement
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-tocia, -tocin
labor, birth
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-oid
like, resembling
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-stomosis, -stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
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-parous
having borne one or more children
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-lexia
word, phrase
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-scopy
visual examination
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-form
resembling, in the shape of
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-ia
abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium
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-rrhea
flow or discharge
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-osmia
smell, odor
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-clasis, -clast
break down
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-cytosis
condition of cells
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-gen
producing, forming
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-phasia
speak or speech
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-prandial
meal
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-ostosis
condition of bone
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-graph
a picture or record, machine recording record
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-one
hormone
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-dural
pertaining to dura mater
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-blast
embryonic, immature, formative element
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-fida
split
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-globulin
protein
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-aise
comfort, ease
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-orexia
appetite
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-drome
to run, running
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-fication
process of making
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-lyst
agent that causes lysis or loosening
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-emesis
vomiting
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-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
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-gravida
pregnant
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-is
noun ending
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-genous
producing
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-paresis
partial or incomplete paralysis
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-uresis
urination
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-esthesia
sensation, feeling
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-crine
secrete
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-algesia, -algesic
painful, pain sense
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-ar
pertaining to
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-thymia
a state of mind
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-duct
opening
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-lepsy
seizure
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-ician
specialist
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-kinesia
movement
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-isy
noun ending
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-phoresis
carrying, transmission
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-clysis
irrigation, washing together, with
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-facient
making, producing
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-tropia
turn, change
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ial
pertaining to
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-praxis
act, activity, practice use
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
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-ologist
specialist
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-edema
swelling
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-plasia
development, growth, formation
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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-ile
capable of
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-trite
instrument for crushing
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-necrosis
tissue death
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-phagia
eating, swallowing
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-fuge
to drive away
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-type
classification, picture
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-pepsia
digest, digestion
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-ism
condition, state of
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-syndesis
surgical fixation of vertebrae
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-pneic
pertaining to breathing
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-clonus
violent action
221
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
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-thymic
pertaining to the mind, relating to the thymus gland
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-phthisis
wasting away, atrophy
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-tomy
process of cutting
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-pareunia
sexual intercourse
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-ology
the science or study of
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-agra
excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain
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-cidal
pertaining to killing
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-phobia
abnormal fear
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-salpinx
uterine (Fallopian) tube
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-opaque
obscure
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-phage
a cell that destroys, eat, swallow
