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tox-
poison/ toxin
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult
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mal-
bad
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eu-
good/normal
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neo-
new
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eso-
inward
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pro-
before/forward
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tachy-
rapid
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auto-
self
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ultra-
beyond
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re-, retro-
behind/back
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pre-
before
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post-
after
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para-, peri-
beside, near
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inter-
between
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hypo-, infra- , sub-
below/beneath
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hyper-, super,supra-
excessive. above
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ex-, exo-, extra-
outside, away from , external
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dia-, trans-
through/across
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ec, ecto-
out/outside
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en-, endo-, end-, in-, intra-
in, within , inner
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\-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
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\-pnea
breathing
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\-pneic
pertaining to breathing
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\-ptosis
drooping, prolapse
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\-salpinx
uterine (fallopian) tube
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\-sclerosis
hardening
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\-static
not in motion
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\-stenosis
narrowing/stricture
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\-thorax
chest
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\-emia
a condition of the blood
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\-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia
pain
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\-dipsia
thirst
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\-esthesia
sensation
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\-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy
vision/view of
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\-osmia
smell/odor
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\-cidal, -cide
destroying/killing
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\-desis
surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
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\-dilation
widening, stretching or expanding
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\-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
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\-graphy
process of recording
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\-metry
measurement
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\-pexy
surgical fixation
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\-iatrics, -iatry
Field of medicine
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\-iatrist, -ician, -ist
specialist
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\-logist, -ologist
Specialist in the study of
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\-logy, -ology
study of
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\-centesis
surgical puncture
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\-plasty
surgical repair
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\-rrhapy
suture/suturing
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\-scopy
visual examination
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\-therapy
treatment
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\-tomy
cutting into/incision
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\-tripsy
crushing
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\-acusia, -acusis, -cusis
hearing
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\-phobia
fear
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\-phoria
feeling
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\-clasis, -clast
to break
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\-ectasis
dilation, expansion
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\-emesis
vomiting
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\-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous
creating, producing
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\-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
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\-lysis
destruction
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\-pause, -stasis
cessation, stopping
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\-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing
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\-phasia
speech
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\-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
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\-rrhea
flow or discharge
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\-rrhexis
rupture
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\-spasm
sudden involuntary contraction
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\-uresis
urination
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\-cele
hernia
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\-constriction
narrowing
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\-cytosis
a condition of cells
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\-derma
skin
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\-edema
swelling
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\-gravida
pregnant woman
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\-ia, -ism
condition
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\-iasis
pathological condition or state
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\-itis
inflammation
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\-lepsy, -leptic
seizure
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\-lith
stone
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\-malacia
softening
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\-megaly
enlargement
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\-necrosis
tissue death
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\-oid
resembling
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\-oma
tumor
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\-osis
abnormal condition
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\-oxia
oxygen
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\-paresis
slight or partial paralysis
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\-partum -tocia
childbirth, labor
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\-pathy
disease
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\-penia
deficiency
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\-pepsia
digestion
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\-phonia
voice
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\-plasia, -plasm
formation/growth
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\-plastic
pertaining to formation or growth
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\-plegia
paralysis
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\-trophy
growth
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\-uria
urine
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