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-algia, -dynia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus (plural: -cocci)
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berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectomy
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excision, removal, resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-gram
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record
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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mass, tumor, collection of fluid
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-opsy
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to view, process of viewing
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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process of visual examination (with a -scope)
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth (stoma) - better said: an alternate opening to the outside (tracheostomy)
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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incision, cutting into
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-er, -or
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ist
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specialist
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-ole, -ule
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little, small
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-um, -ium
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structure, tissue
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-us
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structure, substance
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-y, -ion
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process
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-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic, -ior
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pertaining to (no specific rules apply to combine with root words!)
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-oid
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resembling
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-ism
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process, condition
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-plasm
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formation or structure
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-somes
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bodies
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-type
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picture, classification
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-globin
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protien
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-sis
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state of, condition
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-lith
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stone
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-rrhage
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a bursting forth of
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-crine
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to secrete
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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-drome
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to run
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-fusion
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coming together, to pour
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-gen
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substance that produces
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-lapse
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to slip, fall, sag
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-meter
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to measure
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-mission
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to send
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-phoria
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to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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-physis
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to grow
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-pnea
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breathing
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-derma
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skin
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-esis
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action; condition; state of
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-plakia
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plaque
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