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09/21/2013
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Term
ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ine
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ive
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ation
 Definition
a process; being or having
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical excision
Term
-gram
 Definition
record or picture
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-ia
 Definition
condition, state, thing
Term
-iatry
 Definition
medical treatment
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-ion
 Definition
action condition
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-ism
 Definition
process; disease from a specific cause
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-ist
 Definition
one who specializes in
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation or infection of
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-logy
 Definition
the study of
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-lysis
 Definition
the process of breaking down or destroying
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargment
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass
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-osis
 Definition
condtion, abnormal condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease, suffering
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used to examine
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-scopy
 Definition
the process of using an instrument to examine
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-stomy
 Definition
surgically created opening
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting or making an incision
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