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04/19/2020

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Term
-ac
Definition
pertaining to, or relating to
Term
-acusis
Definition
hearing
Term
-al
Definition
pertaining to, or relating to
Term
-algesia
Definition
sensitivity to pain
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-algia
Definition
suffering, pain
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-apheresis
Definition
removal
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-arche
Definition
beginning
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-ary
Definition
pertaining to
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-ase
Definition
enzyme
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-blast
Definition
embryonic or immature cell
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-cele
Definition
cyst, hernia, or tumor
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-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-clast
Definition
to break
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-cusis
Definition
hearing
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-cyesis
Definition
pregnancy
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-cytosis
Definition
abnormal cell
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-derma
Definition
skin
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-desis
Definition
to bind, tie together
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-dynia
Definition
pain
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-ectasis
Definition
enlargement or stretching
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-ectomy
Definition
surgical removal of something
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-emesis
Definition
to vomit
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-emia
Definition
blood, blood condition
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-esthesia
Definition
feeling, sensation
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-genic
Definition
produced by
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-globin
Definition
containing protein
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-globulin
Definition
protein
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-gram
Definition
the resulting record or film
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-graph
Definition
the resulting record or film
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-graphy
Definition
writing, process of recording
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-gravida
Definition
pregnancy
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-itis
Definition
inflammation
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-kinesia
Definition
movement
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-lepsy
Definition
seizure, attack
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-leptic
Definition
to seize hold of
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-lexia
Definition
reading
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-listhesis
Definition
slipping
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-lysis
Definition
setting free, separation, breaking down, destruction
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-lytic
Definition
destruction
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-malacia
Definition
abnormal softening
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-mania
Definition
obsessive preoccupation
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-megaly
Definition
large, great
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-meter
Definition
instrument for measuring
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-necrosis
Definition
death of tissue
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-oid
Definition
resembling
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-ologist
Definition
specialist
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-ology
Definition
the study of something, the science
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-oma
Definition
mass, tumor
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-opia
Definition
visual condition
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-opsia
Definition
visual condition
Term
-osis
Definition
disease, abnormal condition
Term
-ostomy
Definition
surgically creating a mouth or opening
Term
-otia
Definition
ear condition
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-otomy
Definition
cutting, incision
Term
-para
Definition
to give birth
Term
-paresis
Definition
partial paralysis
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-parous
Definition
to bring forth
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
Term
-penia
Definition
decrease in
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-pexy
Definition
surgical fixation, to put in place
Term
-phage
Definition
to eat
Term
-phasia
Definition
speech
Term
-philia
Definition
attraction to
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-phobia
Definition
irrational fear
Term
-phoresis
Definition
transmission
Term
-phoria
Definition
feeling, bearing
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-physis
Definition
to grow
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-plasis
Definition
formation
Term
-plasm
Definition
living substance
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair of something
Term
-plegia
Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
Definition
breathing
Term
-poiesis
Definition
formation
Term
-poietin
Definition
substance that forms
Term
-porosis
Definition
pore, passage
Term
-praxia
Definition
perform
Term
-ptosis
Definition
prolapse, drooping
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-rrhage
Definition
bursting forth, abnormal or excessive flow
Term
-rrhagia
Definition
bursting forth, abnormal or excessive flow
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
to stitch or suture
Term
-rrhea
Definition
to flow, discharge
Term
-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
Term
-salpinx
Definition
uterine tube
Term
-sclerosis
Definition
abnormal hardening
Term
-scopy
Definition
to see, visual examination
Term
-stasis
Definition
stop, control
Term
-stenosis
Definition
abnormal narrowing or tightening
Term
-sthenia
Definition
strength
Term
-thymia
Definition
mind
Term
-tocia
Definition
labor, birth
Term
-tome
Definition
instrument to cut
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-tripsy
Definition
to crush
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-tropia
Definition
to turn
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-uria
Definition
urine, urination
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-version
Definition
act of turning
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