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04/19/2020
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Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to, or relating to
Term
-acusis
 Definition
hearing
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to, or relating to
Term
-algesia
 Definition
sensitivity to pain
Term
-algia
 Definition
suffering, pain
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-apheresis
 Definition
removal
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-arche
 Definition
beginning
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
Term
-blast
 Definition
embryonic or immature cell
Term
-cele
 Definition
cyst, hernia, or tumor
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-clast
 Definition
to break
Term
-cusis
 Definition
hearing
Term
-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
-cytosis
 Definition
abnormal cell
Term
-derma
 Definition
skin
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-desis
 Definition
to bind, tie together
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
enlargement or stretching
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of something
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-emesis
 Definition
to vomit
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-emia
 Definition
blood, blood condition
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-esthesia
 Definition
feeling, sensation
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-genic
 Definition
produced by
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-globin
 Definition
containing protein
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-globulin
 Definition
protein
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-gram
 Definition
the resulting record or film
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-graph
 Definition
the resulting record or film
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-graphy
 Definition
writing, process of recording
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-gravida
 Definition
pregnancy
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-kinesia
 Definition
movement
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-lepsy
 Definition
seizure, attack
Term
-leptic
 Definition
to seize hold of
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-lexia
 Definition
reading
Term
-listhesis
 Definition
slipping
Term
-lysis
 Definition
setting free, separation, breaking down, destruction
Term
-lytic
 Definition
destruction
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-malacia
 Definition
abnormal softening
Term
-mania
 Definition
obsessive preoccupation
Term
-megaly
 Definition
large, great
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-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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-necrosis
 Definition
death of tissue
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ologist
 Definition
specialist
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-ology
 Definition
the study of something, the science
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-oma
 Definition
mass, tumor
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-opia
 Definition
visual condition
Term
-opsia
 Definition
visual condition
Term
-osis
 Definition
disease, abnormal condition
Term
-ostomy
 Definition
surgically creating a mouth or opening
Term
-otia
 Definition
ear condition
Term
-otomy
 Definition
cutting, incision
Term
-para
 Definition
to give birth
Term
-paresis
 Definition
partial paralysis
Term
-parous
 Definition
to bring forth
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
Term
-penia
 Definition
decrease in
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, to put in place
Term
-phage
 Definition
to eat
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
-philia
 Definition
attraction to
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-phobia
 Definition
irrational fear
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-phoresis
 Definition
transmission
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-phoria
 Definition
feeling, bearing
Term
-physis
 Definition
to grow
Term
-plasis
 Definition
formation
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-plasm
 Definition
living substance
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair of something
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation
Term
-poietin
 Definition
substance that forms
Term
-porosis
 Definition
pore, passage
Term
-praxia
 Definition
perform
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse, drooping
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
bursting forth, abnormal or excessive flow
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth, abnormal or excessive flow
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
to stitch or suture
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
to flow, discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-salpinx
 Definition
uterine tube
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
abnormal hardening
Term
-scopy
 Definition
to see, visual examination
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stop, control
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
abnormal narrowing or tightening
Term
-sthenia
 Definition
strength
Term
-thymia
 Definition
mind
Term
-tocia
 Definition
labor, birth
Term
-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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-tripsy
 Definition
to crush
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-tropia
 Definition
to turn
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-uria
 Definition
urine, urination
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-version
 Definition
act of turning
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