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Pharmacology
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2009

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Term
ize, ate
Definition
to use and to act like; to subject to; make into
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ist, or, er
Definition
expressing agent or person concerned or instrument one who practices, dissector, donor (giver)
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ent
Definition
Recipient (one who receives); concurrent (happening at same time)
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sia, y, tion
Definition
action, process, or condition Therapy (treatment); inhalation (act of inhaling); anesthesia (process or condition of feeling)
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ia, ity
Definition
expressing quality or condition Septicemia (poisoning of blood); disparity (inequality); acidity (condition of excess acid); neuralgia (pain in nerves)
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ma, mata, men, mina, ment, ure
Definition
expressing result of action or object of action Trauma (injury); foramina (openings); ligament (tough fibrous band holding bone or viscera together); fissure (groove)
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ium, olus, olum, culus, culum, cule, cle
Definition
to make diminutive nouns Bacterium; alveolus (air sac) follicle (little bag); cerebellum (little brain); molecule (little mass); ossicle (little bone)
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ible, ile
Definition
expressing ability or capacity Contractile (ability to contract); edible (capable of being eaten); flexible (capable of being bent)
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al, c, ious
Definition
expressing relationship, concern, or pertaining to Neural (referring to nerve); neoplastic (referring to neoplasm) ; cardiac (referring heart); delirious ( suffering from delirium)
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id
Definition
expressing state or condition Flaccid (state of being weak or lax); fluid (state of being liquid)
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tic
Definition
showing relationship Caustic (referring to burn); acoustic (referring to sound or hearing)
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oid, form
Definition
expressing resemblance Polypoid (resembling polyp); plexiform (resembling a plexus); fusiform (resembling a fusion); epidermoid (resembling epidermis)
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ous
Definition
expressing material Ferrous (composed of iron); serous (composed of serum); mucinous (composed of mucin)
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algia
Definition
pain
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ase
Definition
enzyme
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cide
Definition
kill, killer
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cyte
Definition
cell
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dipsia
Definition
thirst
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ectomy
Definition
surgical removal
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emia
Definition
blood condition
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ic
Definition
pertaining to
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itis
Definition
inflammation
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logist
Definition
specialist
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logy
Definition
study of
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oma
Definition
tumor
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osis
Definition
condition
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pathy
Definition
disease
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plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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rrhage
Definition
bursting of blood
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rrhea
Definition
flowing discharge
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sclerosis
Definition
hardening
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scope
Definition
instrument
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scopy
Definition
viewing of
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stasis
Definition
control
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uria
Definition
urine
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