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Lesson 5
Greek Compound Suffixes I
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Undergraduate 2
01/10/2012
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-emia (-hemia)
 Definition
"condition of the blood," "congestion of blood"
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-logy
 Definition
"science of," "systematic study of"
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-lysis
 Definition
"dissolution of or by" ("surgical division or separation")
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-mania
 Definition
"madness for or about"
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-pathy
 Definition
"disease of," "treatment of disease of or by"
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-phobia
 Definition
"abnormal fear of"
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-therapy
 Definition
"treatment of or by"
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-tomy
 Definition
"surgical operation on," "surgical cutting of"
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-ectomy
 Definition
"surgical removal of"
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-uria
 Definition
"condition of the urine"
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ACR-
 Definition
"extremity," "summit"
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AMYL-
 Definition
"starch"
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BAR-; BARY-
 Definition
"weight," "pressure;" "heavy"
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BLENN-
 Definition
"mucus"
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CYT-
 Definition
"cell"
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DIPS-
 Definition
"thirst"
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DREPAN-
 Definition
"sickle"
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ERYTHR-
 Definition
"red"
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GLYC-; GLYCOS-
 Definition
"sugar;" "sugar," "glucose"
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HIST-, HISTI-
 Definition
"tissue"
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HYSTER-
 Definition
"uterus," "hysteria"
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ICHTHY-
 Definition
"fish"
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IRID-, IRIS-
 Definition
"iris," "rainbow"
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ISCH-
 Definition
"to suppress"
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LAPAR-
 Definition
"abdomen," "soft part of the body between the ribs and hip"
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LIP-
 Definition
"fat"
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MAST-, MAZ-
 Definition
"breast"
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PHREN-
 Definition
"mind," "diaphragm"
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PY-
 Definition
"pus"
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THANAT-
 Definition
"death"
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