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Lesson 4C Suffixes
Medical Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
03/24/2013
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/blast (noun)
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undifferentiated, original
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/drome (noun)
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run
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/fusion (noun)
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pour, bond
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/genesis (noun)
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creating
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/malacia (noun)
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softening
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/mania (noun), /maniac (adjective)
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excessive preoccupation or obsession
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/oma (noun)
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tumor, mass
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/partum (noun)
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labor, delivery
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/penia (noun)
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lack of, decrease, poor
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/plasty (noun)
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restore by surgery
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/stoma (noun)
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body opening (to the outside)
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/stomy (noun)
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surgically created body opening
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/therapy (noun)
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treatment
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/tome (noun)
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cutting instrument
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/tomy (noun)
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cut into or slice
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/trophy (noun)
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growth, development by size or nourishment
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/trophic (adjective)
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relating to growth, development
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