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03/21/2011

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-poietin
Definition
substance that cause production
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-poiesis
Definition
production
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-plasia
Definition
formation
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-scope
Definition
instrument used for viewing
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-trophic,-trophy
Definition
nutrition
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-sclerosis
Definition
hardening, to examined, to view
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-schisis
Definition
split, cleft
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-plegia
Definition
paralysis
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-phasia
Definition
speech
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-phagia,-phagic,-phagy
Definition
eating, swallowing
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-pathy
Definition
disease,eat,digest
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-metry
Definition
process of measuring
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-meter
Definition
instrument used to measure
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-lytic
Definition
capable of or producing destruction
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-lysis
Definition
process of destroying
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-lysin
Definition
that which destroys
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-lepsy
Definition
seizures, destruction, dissolving
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-kinesia, -kinesis
Definition
movement, motion
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-graphy
Definition
process of recording movement
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-graph
Definition
a record
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-gram
Definition
to record
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-genesis
Definition
producing or forming
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-genic
Definition
produced by or in
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-cyte
Definition
cell, beginning, origin (sometimes genesis)
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-y
Definition
state or condition
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-ous
Definition
pertaining to or characterized by
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-ose
Definition
sugar
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-opia
Definition
vision
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-iac
Definition
one who suffers
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-ia,-ism
Definition
condition, theory
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-eum,-ium
Definition
membrane
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-ase
Definition
enzyme
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
Definition
pertaining to
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-able,-ible
Definition
capable of , able to, pertaining to
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-stasis
Definition
stopping , controlling
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-spasm
Definition
twitching, cramp
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-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
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-rrhagia, -rrhage
Definition
hemorrhage, excessive bleeding
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-osis
Definition
increased or abnormal when describing cellular components
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-rrhea
Definition
flow or discharge
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-ptosis
Definition
prolapse sagging
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-phobia
Definition
abnormal fear
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-penia
Definition
deficiency
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-pathy
Definition
disease
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-oma
Definition
tumor
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-oid
Definition
resembling
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-megaly
Definition
enlargement
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-mania
Definition
excessive preoccupation
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-lith
Definition
stone, calculus
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-ia, -iasis
Definition
condition
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-crine
Definition
secrete
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-algia, -dynia
Definition
pain
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-cele
Definition
hernia
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-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture to asprate or remove fluid
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-ectomy
Definition
excision ( surgical removal or cutting out )
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-emia
Definition
condition of the blood
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-ectasia, -ectasis
Definition
dilation - enlargement or stretching of structure or part
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-edema
Definition
swelling
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-emesis
Definition
votmitting
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-malacia
Definition
softening
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-itis
Definition
inflammation
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-lysis
Definition
process of loosening, freeing or destroying
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-pexy
Definition
surgical fixation ( fastening in a fixed position )
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-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhapy
Definition
suture ( uniting a wound by stitches )
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-scopy
Definition
visual examination w/ a lighted instrument ( not always a surgical procedure )
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-stomy
Definition
formation of an opening
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-tripsy
Definition
surgical crushing
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-tomy
Definition
incision ( cutting into tissue )
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-tome
Definition
an instrument used for cutting
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-sacroma
Definition
malignant tumor of connective tissue
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-asthenia
Definition
weakness
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-pnea
Definition
breathing
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-ole
Definition
little
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-asthenia
Definition
weakness
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-sacroma
Definition
malignant tumor of connective tissues
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