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-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci)
berry-shaped bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
excision/ removal/ resection
-emia
blood condition
-er
one who
-genesis
condition of producing/ forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown/ destruction/ separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-ole
little/ small
-oma
tumor/ mass/ collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-osis
condition (usually abnormal)
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development/ formation/ growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
falling/ dropping/ prolapse
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination using endoscope
-stasis
stopping/ controlling
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision/ cutting into
-trophy
development/ nourishment
-ule
little/ small
-um, -ium
structure/ tissue
-us
structure/ substance
-y
condition/ process
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ID
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Card Set
Ch. 3
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Ch. 3 Noun Suffixes
Updated
2010-09-11T21:52:22Z
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