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04/07/2026
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-esis
 Definition
action; condition; state of
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-gram
 Definition
record
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-iasis
 Definition
abdominal condition
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-osis
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condition; usually abnormal
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-pathy
 Definition
disease; emotion
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-pexy
 Definition
fixation; to put in place
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping; sag; prolapse; protrude
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
 Definition
visually examination
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-stomy
 Definition
new opening; (to form a mouth)
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-tomy
 Definition
instrument to cut
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-uria
 Definition
urination; condition of urine
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-algia
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pain
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-ase
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enzyme
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-rrhea
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flow; discharge
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-cele
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hernia; swelling
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-phagia
 Definition
eating; swallowing
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-oma
 Definition
tumor; mass
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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-rrhage
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bursting forth; bleeding;
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-chezia
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defecation/ elimination of waste
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-orexia
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appetite
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-stalsis
 Definition
contraction
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-graph
 Definition
instrument used to record
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