Suffixes (Medical Terminology) Flashcards
(206 cards)
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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-acusis
A
hearing
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-ad
A
toward
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-agra
A
excessive pain
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-algesia
A
sensitivity to pain
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-algia
A
pain
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-an
A
pertaining to
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-apheresis
A
removal
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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-arche
A
beginning
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-arthria
A
articulate (speak distinctly)
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-ary
A
pertaining to
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-ase
A
enzyme
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-asthenia
A
lack of strength
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-ation
A
process, condition
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-blast
A
embryonic, immature cell
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-blastoma
A
immature tumor (cells)
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-capnia
A
carbon dioxide
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-cele
A
hernia
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-chalasia
A
relaxation
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-chezia
A
defecation, elimination of wastes
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-cidal
A
pertaining to killing
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-cide
killing
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clasis
to break
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-clast
to break
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-clysis
irrigation, washing
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-coccus (-cocci, pl.)
berry-shaped bacterium
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-constriction
narrowing
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-crine
secrete, separate
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-crit
separate
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-cusis
hearing
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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-cyte
cell
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-cytosis
condition of cells, slight increase in number
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-desis
bind, tie together
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-dilation
widening, stretching, expanding
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-dote
to give
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-drome
to run
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-eal
pertaining to
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-ectasia
dilation, widening
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ecstasis
dilation, widening
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-dynia
pain
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-ectomy
removal, excision, resection
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-edema
swelling
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-elasma
flat plate
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-ema
condition
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-emesis
vomiting
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-emia
blood contion
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-emic
pertaining to blood condition
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-er
one who
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-esis
action, condition, state of
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-esthesia
nervous sensation (feeling)
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-eurysm
widening
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-ferent
to carry
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-fida
split
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-form
resembling, in the shape of
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-fusion
to pour, to come together
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-gen
substance that produces
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-genesis
producing, forming
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-genic
produced by or in
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-globin
protein
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-globin
protein
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-grade
to go
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-gram
record
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-graphy
process of recording
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-gravida
pregnant woman
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-hexia
state of
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-ia
condition
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-iac
pertaining to
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-iasis
abnormal condition
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ical
pertaining to
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-icle
inflammation
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ile
pertaining to
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-in, -ine
substance
79
-ine
pertaining to
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-ion
process
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-ior
pertaining to
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-ism
process, condtion
83
-ist
specialist
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-para
to bear, bring forth (live births)
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-paresis
weakness
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-pareunia
sexual intercourse
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-parous
to bear, bring forth
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-itus
condition
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-ium
structure, tissue
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-kinesia
movement
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-kinesis
movement
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-lapse
slide, fall, sag
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-lemma
sheath, covering
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-lepsy
seizure
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-leptic
pertaining to seizing, taking hold of
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-lexia
word, phrase
97
-listhesis
slipping
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-lithiasis
condition of stones
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-lithotomy
incision (for removal of a stone)
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-logy
study (process of)
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-lucent
to shine
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-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
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-lytic
reducing, destroying, separating, breakdown
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-malacia
softening
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-mania
obsessive preoccupation
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-megaly
enlargement
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-meter
measure
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-mimetic
mimic, copy
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-mission
send
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-mortem
death
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-motor
movement
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-oid
resembling, originating from
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-ole
little, small
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-oma
tumor, mass, fluid collection
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-one
hormone
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-opaque
obscure
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-opia
vision condition
118
-opsia
vision condition
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-opsy
view of
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-or
one who
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-orexia
appetite
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-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-osmia
smell
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ostosis
condition of bone
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-otia
ear condition
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-ous
pertaining to
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-oxia
oxygen
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-partum
birth, labor
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-pathy
disease, emotion
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-penia
deficiency
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-phage
eat, swallow
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-phagia
condition of eating, swallowing
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-phasia
speech
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-phil
attraction for
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-philia
attraction for
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-phoresis
carrying, transmission
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-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
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-phthisis
wasting away
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-phylaxis
protection
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-physis
to grow
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phyte
plant
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plakia
plaque
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
formation, structure
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-plastic
pertaining to formation
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-plegia
paralysis, palsy
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-plegic
pertaining to paralysis, palsy
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-pnea
breathing
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-poiesis
formation
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-poietin
substance that forms
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-porosis
condition of pores (spaces)
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-prandial
pertaining to eating or mealtime
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-praxia
action
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-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
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-ptysis
spitting
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-rrhage
bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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rrhexis
rupture
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-salpinx
fallopian tube, oviduct
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-schisis
spit
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
visual examination
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-sis
state of, condition
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-sol
solution
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-some
body
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-somnia
sleep
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-spadia
to tear, cut
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-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
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-sphyxia
pulse
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-stalsis
stopping, controlling, placing
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-static
pertaining to stopping or controlling
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-stenosis
tightening, stricture
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-sthenia
strength
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-stitial
pertaining to standing or positioned
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-stomia
condition of the mouth
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-suppression
stopping
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-tension
pressure
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-therapy
treatment
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-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
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-thymia
mind (condition of)
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-thymic
pertaining to mind
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tocia
labor, birth (condition of)
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-tocin
labor, birth (a substance for)
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-tome
instrument to cut
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-tomy
process of cutting
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-tory
pertaining to
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-tresia
opening
194
-tripsy
crushing
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-trophy
nourishment, development (condition of)
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-tropia
to turn
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-tropic
pertaining to stimulating
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-tropin
stimulate, act on
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-type
classification, picture
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-ule
little, small
201
-um
structure, tissue, thing
202
-uria
urination, condition of urine
203
-us
structure, thing
204
-verse
to turn
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-version
turning (condition of)
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-y
condition, process
