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10/28/2008
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Term
-AC, -IAC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-AL
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-ALGIA
 Definition
PAIN
Term
-CYTE
 Definition
CELL
Term
-ECTOMY
 Definition
EXCISION, REMOVAL
Term
-EMIA
 Definition
BLOOD CONDITION
Term
-GENIC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO PRODUCING, PRODUCED BY, OR PRODUCED IN
Term
-GLOBIN
 Definition
PROTEIN
Term
-GRAM
 Definition
RECORD
Term
-IC, ICAL
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-ION
 Definition
PROCESS
Term
-IST
 Definition
SPECIALIST
Term
-ITIS
 Definition
INFLAMMATION
Term
-LOGY
 Definition
PROCESS OF STUDY
Term
-OMA
 Definition
TUMOR, MASS, SWELLING
Term
-OPSY
 Definition
PROCESS OF VIEWING
Term
-OSIS
 Definition
CONDITION, USUALLY ABNORMAL (SLIGHT INCREASE IN NUMBER WHEN USED WITH BLOOD CELLS)
Term
-PATHY
 Definition
DISEASE CONDITION
Term
-SCOPE
 Definition
INSTRUMENT USED TO VISUALLY EXAMINE
Term
-SCOPY
 Definition
PROCESS OF VISUALLY EXAMINING WITH AN ENDOSCOPE
Term
-SIS
 Definition
STATE OF, CONDITION
Term
-TOMY
 Definition
PROCESS OF CUTTING, INCISION
Term
-Y
 Definition
PROCESS, CONDITION
Term
-EAL
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-IAC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-IOR
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-ISM
 Definition
PROCESS, CONDITION
Term
-OSE
 Definition
PERTAINING TO, FULL OF
Term
-PLASM
 Definition
FORMATION
Term
-SOMES
 Definition
BODIES
Term
-TYPE
 Definition
PICTURE, CLASSIFICATION
Term
-CELE
 Definition
HERNIA
Term
-CENTESIS
 Definition
SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID
Term
-COCCUS (PLURAL: -COCCI)
 Definition
BERRY-SHAPED BACTERIUM (PLURAL BACTERIA)
Term
-DYNIA
 Definition
PAIN
Term
-GENESIS
 Definition
CONDITION OF PRODUCING, FORMING
Term
-GRAPH
 Definition
INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING
Term
-LYSIS
 Definition
BREAKDOWN, DESTRUCTION, SEPARATION
Term
-MALACIA
 Definition
SOFTENING
Term
-MEGALY
 Definition
ENLARGEMENT
Term
-PENIA
 Definition
DEFICIENT
Term
-PHOBIA
 Definition
FEAR
Term
-PHASIA
 Definition
DEVELOPMENT, FORMATION, GROWTH
Term
-PLASTY
 Definition
SURGICAL REPAIR
Term
-PTOSIS
 Definition
DROOPING, SAGGING, PROLAPSE
Term
-SCLEROSIS
 Definition
HARDENING
Term
-STASIS
 Definition
STOPPING, CONTROLLING
Term
-STOMY
 Definition
OPENING TO FORM A MOUTH (STOMA)
Term
-THERAPY
 Definition
TREATMENT
Term
-TROPHY
 Definition
DEVELOPMENT, NOURISHMENT
Term
-ER
 Definition
ONE WHO
Term
-IA
 Definition
CONDITION
Term
-OLE
 Definition
LITTLE, SMALL
Term
-ULE
 Definition
LITTLE, SMALL
Term
-UM, IUM
 Definition
STRUCTURE, TISSUE
Term
-US
 Definition
STRUCTURE, SUBSTANCE
Term
-Y
 Definition
CONDITION, PROCESS
Term
-AR
 Definition
PERTAININT TO
Term
-ARY
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-EAL
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-OID
 Definition
RESEMBLING
Term
-OSE
 Definition
RESEMBLING
Term
-OUS
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-TIC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-BLAST
 Definition
EMBRYONIC, IMMATURE
Term
-CRINE
 Definition
TO SECRETE
Term
-CYESIS
 Definition
PREGNANCY
Term
-DROME
 Definition
TO RUN
Term
-FUSION
 Definition
COMING TOGETHER, TO POUR
Term
-GEN
 Definition
SUBSTANCE THAT PRODUCES
Term
-LAPSE
 Definition
TO SIDE, FALL, SAG
Term
-METER
 Definition
TO MEASURE
Term
-MISSION
 Definition
TO SEND
Term
-OR
 Definition
ONE WHO
Term
-PARTUM
 Definition
BIRTH, LABOR
Term
-PHORIA
 Definition
TO BEAR, CARRY, FEELING (MENTAL STATE)
Term
-PHYSIS
 Definition
TO GROW
Term
-PLASIA
 Definition
DEVELOPMENT, FORMATION
Term
-PNEA
 Definition
BREATHING
Term
-PTOSIS
 Definition
DROOP, SAG, PROLAPSE
Term
-RRHEA
 Definition
FLOW, DISCHARGE
Term
-ASE
 Definition
ENZYME
Term
-CHEZIA
 Definition
DEFECATION, ELIMINATION OF WASTES
Term
-IASIS
 Definition
ABNORMAL CONDITION
Term
-PRANDIAL
 Definition
MEAL
Term
-ECTASIS, -ECTASIA
 Definition
STRETCHING, DILATION, DILATATION, WIDENING
Term
-EMESIS
 Definition
VOMITING
Term
-PEPSIA
 Definition
DIGESTION
Term
-PHAGIA
 Definition
EATING, SWALLOWING
Term
-PLASTY
 Definition
SURGICAL REPAIR
Term
-PTYSIS
 Definition
SPITTING
Term
-RRHAGE, -RRHAGIA
 Definition
BURSTING FORTH (OF BLOOD)
Term
-RRHAPHY
 Definition
SUTURE
Term
-RRHEA
 Definition
FLOW, DISCHARGE
Term
-SPASM
 Definition
SUDDEN, INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION OF MUSCLES
Term
-STASIS
 Definition
TO STOP, CONTROL
Term
-STENOSIS
 Definition
TIGHTENING, STRICTURE, NARROWING
Term
-TRESIA
 Definition
OPENING
Term
-POIETIN
 Definition
SUBSTANCE THAT FORMS
Term
-TRIPSY
 Definition
TO CRUSH
Term
-URIA
 Definition
URINATION, URINE CONDITION
Term
-ARCHE
 Definition
BEGINNING
Term
-CYESIS
 Definition
PREGNANCY
Term
-GRAVIDA
 Definition
PREGNANT
Term
-PAROUS
 Definition
BEARING, BRINGING FORTH
Term
-SALPINX
 Definition
UTERINE TUBE
Term
-TOCIA
 Definition
LABOR, BIRTH
Term
-VERSION
 Definition
ACT OF TURNING
Term
-ONE
 Definition
HORMONE
Term
-PEXY
 Definition
FIXATION, PUT IN PLACE
Term
-ALGESIA
 Definition
SENSITIVITY TO PAIN
Term
-ESTHESIA
 Definition
FEELING, NERVOUS SENSATION
Term
-KINESIA, -KINESIS, -KINETIC
 Definition
MOVEMENT
Term
-LEPSY
 Definition
SEIZURE
Term
-PARESIS
 Definition
WEAKNESS
Term
-PHASIA
 Definition
SPEECH
Term
-PLEGIA
 Definition
PARALYSIS (LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF THE ABILITY TO MOVE PARTS OF THE BODY)
Term
-PRAXIA
 Definition
ACTION
Term
-STHENIA
 Definition
STRENGTH
Term
-EMA
 Definition
CONDITION
Term
-OSMIA
 Definition
SMELL
Term
-SPHYXIA
 Definition
PULSE
Term
-THORAX
 Definition
PLEURAL CAVITY, CHEST
Term
-APHERESIS
 Definition
REMOVAL, A CARRYING AWAY
Term
-LYTIC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO DESTRUCTION
Term
-OID
 Definition
DERIVED FROM
Term
-PHAGE
 Definition
EAT, SWALLOW
Term
-PHILIA
 Definition
ATTRACTION FOR (AN INCREASE IN CELL NUMBERS)
Term
-PHORESIS
 Definition
CARRYING, TRANSMISSION
Term
-POIESIS
 Definition
FORMATION
Term
-CLAST
 Definition
TO BREAK
Term
-LISTHESIS
 Definition
SLIPPING
Term
-MALACIA
 Definition
SOFTENING
Term
-PHYSIS
 Definition
TO GROW
Term
-POROSIS
 Definition
PORE, PASSAGE
Term
-TOME
 Definition
INSTRUMENT TO CUT
Term
-DESIS
 Definition
TO BIND, TIE TOGETHER
Term
-STENOSIS
 Definition
NARROWING
Term
-ASTHEMIA
 Definition
LACK OF STRENGTH
Term
-TROPHY
 Definition
DEVELOPMENT, NOURISHMENT
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