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Terminology
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Undergraduate 2
06/10/2011
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Term
-a
 Definition
state (noun forming)
Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ad
 Definition
toward, in the direction of
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-agogue
 Definition
agent inducing flow
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-algia
 Definition
pain, painful condition
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-aphia
 Definition
touch
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-ar
 Definition
relating to
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-ate
 Definition
to make
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-atresia
 Definition
imperforation
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-cele
 Definition
swelling, herniation
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-cide
 Definition
killing agent
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-clasis, -clasia
 Definition
fracture
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-clysis
 Definition
irrigation, washing
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-cule, -cle
 Definition
small
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-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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-e
 Definition
instrument (noun forming)
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-eal
 Definition
relating to
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-ectasis, -ectasia
 Definition
dilation, stretching
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision
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-ectopy, -ectopia
 Definition
displacement
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-elcosis
 Definition
ulceration
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-ellum
 Definition
small
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-emphraxis
 Definition
obstruction
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-esthesia
 Definition
sensitivity, perception
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-facient
 Definition
producing
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-ferous, -feric, -ferent
 Definition
bearing, carrying
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-form
 Definition
having the shape of
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-fy
 Definition
to make
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-genic, -genous
 Definition
causing, caused by
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-geusia
 Definition
taste
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-gram, -graphy
 Definition
record(ing)
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-gravida
 Definition
a woman who is pregnant
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-iasis
 Definition
presence of, infestation
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-ic
 Definition
relating to
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-ician
 Definition
specialist
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-ics
 Definition
system, science
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-il
 Definition
small
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-in
 Definition
substance
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-ion, -ation
 Definition
action, condition
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-ismus
 Definition
spasm
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-ist
 Definition
one who (specializes in)
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-ize
 Definition
to make
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-kinesis, -kinesia, -cinesia
 Definition
movement
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-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
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-logy
 Definition
study
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-lysis
 Definition
dissolution, destruction
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-m, -ma
 Definition
result (noun-forming)
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-mania
 Definition
compulsion, preoccupation
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-meter
 Definition
instrument to measure
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-metry
 Definition
measurement
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-necrosis
 Definition
death, dead condition
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-nomy
 Definition
regulation
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-odynia
 Definition
pain, painful condition
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-oid
 Definition
resembling, -like
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-omatosis
 Definition
tumorous condition
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-omatous
 Definition
pertaining to tumors
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-opia, -opsia
 Definition
vision
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-or, -ter
 Definition
agent, instrument
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-orexia
 Definition
appetite
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-ose
 Definition
full of, pertaining to
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-osis, -esis
 Definition
(abnormal) condition
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-osmia
 Definition
smell
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-para
 Definition
a woman who has given birth
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-paresis
 Definition
weakness, partial paralysis
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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-pexy
 Definition
fixation, attachment
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-physis
 Definition
growing, growth
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-phyte
 Definition
growth
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-piesis
 Definition
pressure
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-plasia
 Definition
formation
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis, stroke
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing, respiration
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-poiesis
 Definition
production
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse, sagging
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-rrhagia
 Definition
discharge
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-schesis, -schesia
 Definition
suppression, retention
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-schisis
 Definition
splitting
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument to examine
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-scopy
 Definition
examination
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-sepsis
 Definition
infection
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-sis, -sia
 Definition
condition
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-stalsis, -stole
 Definition
contraction
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-staxis
 Definition
dripping, oozing
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-stomy
 Definition
creation of a (new) opening
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-t
 Definition
instrument, agent, device
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-thesis
 Definition
putting, placing
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-tic
 Definition
relating to
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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-tomy
 Definition
incision
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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-trophy, -trophia
 Definition
development
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-ule, -ole
 Definition
small
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-uria
 Definition
urine condition
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-y
 Definition
state (noun-forming)
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