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-logist
one who studies; specialist
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-logic, -logical
pertaining to the study of
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-iatrics, -iatry
medical profession or treatment
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-logy
study or science of
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esthesi/o
feeling or sensation
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gastr/o, enter/o
stomach, intestines
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
elderly
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orth/o, ped/o
straight, child
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ot/o, larying/o
ear, larynx
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radi/o
radiation (or radius)
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ur/o
urinary tract (or urine)
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-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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-ectomy
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
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-lysis
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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-pexy
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-plasty
surgical procedure
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-rrhaphy
suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-scopy
visual examination with lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
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-stomy
formation of an opening
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-tome
an instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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append/o, appendic/o
appendix
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
brain
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col/o
colon or large intestine
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cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
skin
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myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
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pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
lungs
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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-cele
hernia (protrusion of all/part of an organ through wall or cavity that contains it)
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-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation
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-emia
condition of the blood
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excessive preoccupation
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-osis
condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)
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-ptosis
prolapsed (sagging)
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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stopping, controlling
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-able, -ible
capable of, able to
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
pertaining to
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-ia, -ism
condition or theory
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pertaining to or characterized by
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prote/o, protein/o
protein
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