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  1. -a
    singular
  2. -ac
    pertaning to
  3. -acusis
    hearing condition
  4. -ad
    toward
  5. -al
    pertaining to
  6. -algesia
    pain
  7. -algia
    pain
  8. -an
    pertaining to
  9. -apheresis
    removal
  10. -ar
    pertaining to
  11. -ary
    pertaining to
  12. -asthenia
    weakness
  13. -atresia
    closure absence of normal body opening
  14. -blast
    germ bud devleoping cell
  15. -capnia
    condition of carbon dioxide
  16. -cele
    hernia swelling protrusion
  17. -centesis
    surgical puncture to aspirate fluids
  18. -clasia
    break apart
  19. -clasis
    break apart
  20. -clast
    break apart
  21. -clonus
    "spasm
  22. -crit
    to separate
  23. -cusis
    hearing condition
  24. -cyesis
    pregnancy
  25. -cyte
    cell
  26. -desis
    surgical fixation fusion
  27. -drome
    run running
  28. -dynia
    pain
  29. -eal
    pertaining to
  30. -ectasis
    "expansion
  31. -ectomy
    surgical excision removal
  32. -elle
    small
  33. -emesis
    vomiting
  34. -emetic
    pertaining to vomiting
  35. -esthesia
    sensation perception
  36. -gen
    producing formation causing
  37. -genesis
    origin cause
  38. -genic
    pertaining to producing formation causing
  39. -gram
    a record
  40. -graph
    instrument for recording
  41. -graphy
    process of recording
  42. -hemia
    condition of blood
  43. -ia
    condition of
  44. -ial
    pertaining to
  45. -iasis
    condition of
  46. -iatrist
    one who practices
  47. -iatry
    treatment specialty
  48. -ic
    pertaining to
  49. -ician
    pertaining to
  50. -ile
    pertaining to
  51. -ion
    pertaining to
  52. -is
    pertaning to
  53. -ism
    condition or disease
  54. -ist
    one who practices
  55. -ite
    condtion
  56. -it is
    inflammation
  57. -lepsy
    seizure
  58. -logist
    one who studies
  59. -logy
    study of
  60. -lysis
    to loosen dissolve
  61. -lytic
    pertaining to loosen dissolve
  62. -malacia
    softening
  63. -megaly
    abnormally large
  64. -meter
    mearusring instrument
  65. -metrist
    one who measures
  66. -metry
    measurement
  67. -oid
    resembling
  68. -oma
    abnormal swelling tumor
  69. -opia
    vision
  70. -opsy
    view of
  71. -or
    pertaining to
  72. -osis
    condition of
  73. -otomy
    cutting into incision
  74. -ous
    pertaining to
  75. -oxia
    condtion of oxygen
  76. -paresis
    paralysis (minor)
  77. -pathy
    disease
  78. -penia
    abnormal reduction in number deficiency
  79. -pepsia
    digestion
  80. -pexy
    surgical fixation suspension
  81. -phagia
    eating or swallowing
  82. -phasia
    speaking
  83. -phil
    loving affinity for
  84. -philia
    loving affinity for
  85. -phobia
    fear
  86. -phonia
    condion of sound or voice
  87. -phylaxis
    protection
  88. -physis
    growth
  89. -plasia
    shape formation
  90. -plasm
    something shaped
  91. -plasty
    surgical repair
  92. -plegia
    paralysis (major)
  93. -pnea
    breathing
  94. -poiesis
    formation
  95. -practic
    one who practices
  96. -practor
    one who practices
  97. -ptosis
    falling down drooping
  98. -ptysis
    to cough up
  99. -rrhagia
    blddeding hemorrhage
  100. -rrhaphy
    suturing
  101. -rrhea
    excessive discharge (of fluid)
  102. -rrhexis
    rupture
  103. -salpinx
    trumpet fallopian tube
  104. -sarcoma
    malignant tumor
  105. -schisis
    split fissure
  106. -scope
    viewing instrument
  107. -scropy
    process of viewing
  108. -sis
    state of
  109. -some
    body
  110. -spasm
    sudden involuntary muscle contraction
  111. -spermia
    condtion of sperm
  112. -stasis
    standing still
  113. -stormy
    surgical creation of an opening
  114. -syndesis
    surgical fixation fusion
  115. -therapy
    treatment specialty
  116. -tic
    pertaining to
  117. -tocia
    birth labor
  118. -tome
    cutting instrucment
  119. -tomy
    cutting into incision
  120. -tripsy
    surgical crushing
  121. -trophy
    nourishment development
  122. -um
    pertaining to
  123. -uria
    condtion of uring urination
  124. -uresis
    urination
  125. -y
    process of
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