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pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i)
drugs or medicine
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bacteri(o), bacter(i)
bacteria
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sept(o), sept(i), seps(o)
infection
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gen(o)
beginning or origin
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scop(o)
to examine or to view
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-
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iatr(o)
physician or treatment
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staphyl(o)
grapelike cluster or uvula
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dent(i), dent(o), odont(o)
tooth
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fluor(o)
emitting or reflecting light
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esthesi(o)
feeling or sensation
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algesi(o)
sensitivity to pain
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gastr(o), enter(o)
stomach or intestines
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ger(a), ger(o), geront(o)
elderly or aged
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ne(o), nat(o)
new or birth
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obstetr(o)
pregnancy and childbirth
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radi(o)
radiant energy or radiation (sometimes radius)
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ur(o)
urinary tract or urine
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append(o), appendic(o)
appendix
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col(o), colon(o)
colon or large intestine
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cerebr(o)
brain, sometimes means main portion of brain
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cutane(o), derm(a), dermat(o)
skin
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cancer(o), carcin(o)
cancer
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trache(o)
trachea or windpipe
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lith(o)
stone or calculus
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log(o)
knowledge or words
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gen(o)
beginning or origin
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-
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metr(o)
measure or uterine tissue
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megal(o)
large or enlarged
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lys(o)
destruction or dissolving
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schiz(o), schis(o), schist(o)
split or cleft
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plas(o)
formation or development
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macro-, mega-, megalo-
large or great
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a-, an-
no, not or without
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pro-
favoring or supporting
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ana-
upward, excessive or again
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hypo-, infra-, sub-
beneath or under
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retro-
behind or backward
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per-
- through or by
- para-
- near, beside or abnormal
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meso-, mid-, medio-
middle
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sym-, syn-
joined or together
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super-, supra-
above or beyond
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
out, without or away from
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pre-, ante-
before in time or before in place
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centi-
one hundred or one hundredth
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hypo-
beneath or below normal
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hyper-
excessive or more than normal
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-stasis
stopping or controlling
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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-rrhea
- flow or discharge
- -rrhexis
- rupture
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-malacia
soft or softening
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-emesis
to vomit or vomiting
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-ectasia, -ectasis
dilatation (dilation, enlargement) or stretching of a structure or part
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-lysis
process of loosening, freeing or destroying
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-ectomy
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
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-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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-rrhaphy
suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-pexy
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-emia
condition of the blood
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-maniac
a person who shows excessive preoccupation
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-mania
excessive preoccupation
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-ptosis
prolapse (sagging)
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-osis
condition (often abnormal)
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-ia, ism
condition or theory
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-ase
- enzyme
- -tic, -al, -ary, -eal, -ive
- pertaining to
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-able, -ible
capable of, able to
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-ous
pertaining to or characterized by
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-genesis
producing or forming
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-gen
that which generates
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-
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-lysin
that which destroys
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-
-logy
study or science of
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-
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement or motion
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-
-lytic
capable of destroying
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-lysis
process of destroying
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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
eating or swallowing
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-metry
process of measuring
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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-plasma
substance of cells
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-plasia
formation or development
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-iatrics, -iatry
medical profession or treatment
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-trophy, -trophic
nutrition
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-ic, -al, -ac, -logical, -logic
pertaining to
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-
-logy
study or science of
-
-logist
one who studies or specialist
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-scopy
process of visually examining
-
-
-
-
-scope
instrument used for viewing
-
-lytic
capable of destroying
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-genesis
producing or forming
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-gen
that which generates
-
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-lysin
that which destroys
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-lysis
process of destroying
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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-tomy
cutting into tissue
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-tome
instrument used for cutting
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-stomy
formation of an opening
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-scopy
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always surgical)
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-graph
instrument used to record
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-graphy
process of recording
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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-spasm
twitching or cramp
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