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-centesis
surgical puncture
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
-desis
binding (joint/bone)
-ectomy
removal
-pexy
fixation (organ)
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-tome
cutting instrument
-tomy
incision
-gram
record; writing
-graph
recording instrument
-meter
measuring instrument
-metry
the act of measuring
-scope
visual examining instrument
-scopy
visual examination
-algia
pain
-dynia
pain
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomitting
-emia
blood condition
-gen
formation; origin
-genesis
forming; origin
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone; calculus
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease
-phagia
swallowing
-phasia
speech
-phobia
fear
-plasia
formation/growth
-plasm
formation/growth
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhage
bursting of
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
twitching
-stenosis
narrowing
-toxic
poison
-trophy
development
-rrhea
discharge
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Chapter Two: Suffixes
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2013-10-31T02:47:14Z
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