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  1. able
    able to
  2. cele
    tumor, swelling
  3. centesis
    surgical puncture to remove fluid
  4. cide
    killing, destructive
  5. cule
    little
  6. ectasia
    dilating, stretching
  7. ectomy
    excision, surgical removal of
  8. esis
    action
  9. form
    shaped like
  10. genesis, genetic
































    gram
    formation, origin





























    tracing, mark
  11. graph
    writing
  12. ism
    condition
  13. ize





























    lith
    to treat































    stone, calculus
  14. oma
    tumor
  15. ostomy
    to form an opening outlet
  16. orrhaphy
































    surgical repair
































    opathy
































    opathy
    disease of
  17. phage
    ingesting
  18. plasty
    plastic surgery
  19. rhage






























    rhea































    rhexis
    to burst forth





























    excessive discharge





    rupture
  20. scope
    lighted instrument for visual examination
  21. scopy
    to examine visually
  22. stomy
    to form an opening
  23. tomy
    incision into
Author
jessamae
ID
142210
Card Set
suffix
Description
suffixes
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