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-ist
- one who specializes
- (internist)
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-ium
- changes word to noun
- (cranium)
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-ize
- to make/use, to take
- (anesthetize)
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-lapse
- to slide, sag
- (relapse=slide backwards)
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-logist
- one who studies
- (cardiologist)
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-malacia
- abnormal softening
- (osteomalacia)
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-megaly
- enlargement
- (cardiomegaly)
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-osis
- abnormal condition
- (cyanosis)
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-paresis
- weakness
- (paraparesis=weak lower extremities)
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-parous
- give birth
- (multiparous=giving birth to many children)
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-pathy
- disease
- (myopathy=muscle disease)
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-phasia
- speech
- (aphasia=lack of speech)
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-phoria
- feeling, mental state
- (euphoria)
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-physis
- to grow
- (symphysis=to grow together)
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-plasia
- development, growth
- (dysplasia=abnormal tissue development)
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