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03/21/2011
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-poietin
 Definition
substance that cause production
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-poiesis
 Definition
production
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-plasia
 Definition
formation
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used for viewing
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-trophic,-trophy
 Definition
nutrition
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening, to examined, to view
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-schisis
 Definition
split, cleft
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-phasia
 Definition
speech
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-phagia,-phagic,-phagy
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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-pathy
 Definition
disease,eat,digest
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-meter
 Definition
instrument used to measure
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-lytic
 Definition
capable of or producing destruction
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-lysis
 Definition
process of destroying
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-lysin
 Definition
that which destroys
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-lepsy
 Definition
seizures, destruction, dissolving
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-kinesia, -kinesis
 Definition
movement, motion
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording movement
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-graph
 Definition
a record
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-gram
 Definition
to record
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-genesis
 Definition
producing or forming
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-genic
 Definition
produced by or in
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-cyte
 Definition
cell, beginning, origin (sometimes genesis)
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-y
 Definition
state or condition
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to or characterized by
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-ose
 Definition
sugar
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-opia
 Definition
vision
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-iac
 Definition
one who suffers
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-ia,-ism
 Definition
condition, theory
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-eum,-ium
 Definition
membrane
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-able,-ible
 Definition
capable of , able to, pertaining to
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping , controlling
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-spasm
 Definition
twitching, cramp
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-rrhagia, -rrhage
 Definition
hemorrhage, excessive bleeding
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-osis
 Definition
increased or abnormal when describing cellular components
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse sagging
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-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-mania
 Definition
excessive preoccupation
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-lith
 Definition
stone, calculus
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-ia, -iasis
 Definition
condition
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-crine
 Definition
secrete
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-algia, -dynia
 Definition
pain
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to asprate or remove fluid
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision ( surgical removal or cutting out )
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-emia
 Definition
condition of the blood
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-ectasia, -ectasis
 Definition
dilation - enlargement or stretching of structure or part
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-emesis
 Definition
votmitting
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lysis
 Definition
process of loosening, freeing or destroying
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation ( fastening in a fixed position )
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhapy
 Definition
suture ( uniting a wound by stitches )
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination w/ a lighted instrument ( not always a surgical procedure )
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-stomy
 Definition
formation of an opening
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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-tomy
 Definition
incision ( cutting into tissue )
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-tome
 Definition
an instrument used for cutting
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-sacroma
 Definition
malignant tumor of connective tissue
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-ole
 Definition
little
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-sacroma
 Definition
malignant tumor of connective tissues
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