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-version
To turn
-stenosis
Stricture
Narrowing
-therapy
Treatment
-sclerosis
Hardening
-toxic
Poison
-ule
Small
-tomy
Incision
Cut into
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
Twitching
-scope
Instrument for visual examination
-rrhage
-rrhagia
Burst forth
-tome
Instrument for cutting
-y
Process
-scopy
Visual inspection
-ula
Small
-rrhaphy
Suture
-rrhexis
Rupture
-ptysis
Spitting
-trophy
Nourishment
Development
-stasis
Stopping
Control
Standing still
-stomy
New opening
Forming an opening
-tripsy
Crushing
-rrhea
Flow
Discharge
-ptosis
Drooping
Prolapse
Downward displacement
-poiesis
Formation
Production
-pnea
Breathing
-plegia
Paralysis
-plasty
Surgical repair
-plasm
Formation
-plasia
Development
Formation
Growth
-phonia
Sound
Voice
-phobia
Fear of
-philia
Attraction for
-phasia
Speech
-phagia
Eat
Swallow
-pexy
Fixation
To put in place (of an organ)
-penia
Deficiency
Decrease
-pathy
Disease
Emotion
-paresis
Partial paralysis
-para
To bear (offspring)
-osis
Abnormal (morbid) Condition
Increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-opia
Vision
-oma
Tumor
-ole
Small
-oid
Like
Resembling
-mnesia
Memory
-meter
Instrument for measuring
-metry
Act of measuring
-megaly
Enlargement
-mania
Madness
-malacia
Softening
-lysis
Breaking up
Separation
Destruction
-logy
Study of
-logist
Specialist in the study of
-lith
Stone
Calculus
-kinesis
Movement
Motion
-itis
Inflammation
-ist
One who specializes
-icle
Small
-ic
Pertaining to
-iasis
Abnormal Condition
(usually produced by something specific)
-ia
Condition
-graphy
Process of recording
-graph
Instrument for recording
-gram
Record
A writing
-gnosis
Knowledge
-globin
Protein
-glia
Glue
-genesis
-genic
Producing
Forming
Origin
-gen
Born
Producing
-emia
Blood
-emesis
Vomiting
-ectomy
Removal
Excision
-ectasis
Dilation
Stretching
Expansion
-dynia
Pain
-desis
Fixation
Binding (of a bone or joint)
-cyte
Cell
-cyesis
Pregnancy
-cusis
Hearing
-crit
To separate
-clasis
Break
Fracture
-cide
To Kill
-centesis
Puncture
-cele
Hernia
Swelling
Protusion
-capnia
Carbon Dioxide
-asthenia
Weakness
-ase
Enzyme
-arche
Beginning
-algia
Pain
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