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| not, without, lacking, deficient |
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| against, opposed to, preventing, relieving |
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| difficult, painful, defective, abnormal |
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endo-, ento- (end-,ent-)
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| outside, from the outside, toward the outside |
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| half, partial; (often) one side of the body |
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| over, above, excessive, beyond normal |
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| under, deficient, below normal |
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-a
abstract noun forming
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-ac(rare)
abstract noun forming
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| pertaining to, located in |
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-ia, -y
abstract noun forming
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-iac(rare)
noun forming
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-iasis
abstract noun forming
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| disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of (used with lith- it means calculi in the body) |
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-ic
adjective/noun forming
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| drug or agent, certain disability or condition |
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| forms names of substances |
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-itic
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| pertaining to; pertaining to inflammation, drug or agent |
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-itis, -itides(pleural)
noun forming
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-ium(rarely -eum)
noun forming
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membrane, connective tissue
region of the body |
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-ma, -mat-
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| (often) abnormal or diseased condition |
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| abnormal or diseased condition |
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-otic
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-sia
abstract noun forming
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-sis
abstract noun forming
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-tic
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pertaining to, drug or agent
certain disability or condition |
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-logy, -logist
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study, science, the study or science of
one who specializes in a certain study or science |
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| the softening (of tissues) of |
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| the hardening (of tissues) of |
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| the narrowing (of a part of the body) |
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-toxic, -toxin
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poisonous (to an organ)
a substance poisonous to (a part of the body) |
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| on both sides, around, both |
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| different, other, relationship to another |
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| change, transformation, after, behind |
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| alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
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-al
adjective forming
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| pertaining to, located in |
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-asia, -asis(rare)
abstract noun forming
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-ema, -emat
abstract noun forming
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-esis
abstract noun forming
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| state, condition, procedure |
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-etic
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-ics, -tics
noun forming
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-ism
abstract noun forming
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| state, condition, quality |
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-ismus
abstract noun forming
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| state, condition; muscular spasm |
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-oid(rarely -ode, -id)
adjective/noun forming
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-oma, -omat, -omata
abstract noun forming
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| usually tumor; occasionally disease |
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-ose
adjective forming
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-ous
adjective forming
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| pertaining to, characterized by, full of |
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| condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus) |
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| to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in |
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-ectasia, -ectasis
compound suffix form |
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-ectomy
compound suffix form |
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| surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ |
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| substance that produces (something) |
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-genesis
compound suffix form |
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-genic
compound suffix form |
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| causing, producing, caused |
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-genous
compound suffix form |
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-gram
compound suffix form |
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| a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray) |
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-graph
compound suffix form |
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| an instrument for recording the activity of an organ |
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-graphy
compound suffix form |
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| the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray exam.) |
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-lysis
compound suffix form |
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| dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-lytic
compound suffix form |
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| pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis) |
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-pathy
compound suffix form |
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-ptosis
compound suffix form |
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| dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part) |
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-rrhagia
compound suffix form |
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| profuse discharge, hemorrhage |
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-rrhea
compound suffix form |
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| profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-rrhexis
compound suffix form |
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| bursting (of tissue), rupture |
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-scope
compound suffix form |
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| an instrument for examining |
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-scopy
compound suffix form |
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-tome
compound suffix form |
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| a surgical instrument for cutting |
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compound suffix form |
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