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Question	Answer
a	noun suffix, no meaning
ac	pertaining to
acusis	hearing
ad	toward
age	related to
al	pertaining to
algesia	sensitivity to pain
algia	pain
ant	forming
ar	pertaining to
artresia	absence of a normal body opening
ary	pertaining to
asthenia	weakness, lack of strength
betes	to go
blast	immature cell, germ cell
body	body
cele	hernia, protrusion
centesis	surgical puncture to remove fluid
clasia	break
clast	break
clave	a key
coccus	berryshaped
cope	strike
cyesis	injection
cyst	bladder
cyte	cell
cytosis	condition of cells, slight increase in numbers
derma	skin
desis	surgical fixation, fusion
dynia	pain
ectasia	stretching, dilatation, widening
ectasis	dilation of
ectomy	excision, removal
edema	swelling
emesis	vomiting
emia	blood condition
ergy	work
esthesia	nervous sensation, feeling
form	like, resembling
fuge	to flee
gen	formation, produce
gen	substance that produces
genesis	formation, produce
genic	pertaining to the formation or production of
glia	glue
globin	protein
gnosis	knowledge
grade	a step
gram	a weight, mark, record
gram	record,radiographic image
graph	instrument for recording data
graph	to write, record
graphy	recording of data
hexia	condition
ia	diseased / abnormal state, condition of
ial	pertaining to
ial	pertaining to
iasis	abnormal condition
ic	pertaining to
ical	pertaining to
ice	pertaining to
ician	physician
iesis	condition
ile	pertaining to
in	in, into, not
in, ine	a substance
ine	pertaining to
ion	process of
ior	pertaining to
ism	condition
ism	process, condition
ist	one who specializes in
itis	inflammation of
ive	nature of, quality of
kinesia	movement
kinesis	movement
lepsy	seizure
lexia	diction
liter	liter
lith	stone
log	study of
logist	specialist in the study of
logy	study of
lymph	lymph
lysis	destruction, breakdown, separation
malacia	softening of
mania	madness
megaly	enlargement of
meter	instrument to measure
metry	measurement of
noia	mind
oid	resembling, derived from
oma	tumor
omion	shoulder
opia	eye vision
opsy	view of, viewing, to view
ory	pertaining to
osis	condition, usually abnormal
ostomy	creation of an artificial opening
ous	pertaining to
paresis	weakness
pathy	disease, condition
penia	lack of, deficiency
pepsia	digestion
pexy	surgical fixation
phagia	eating or swallowing
phasia	to speak
phil	attraction for
philia	attraction for
phobia	fear of
phoresis	to carry
phylaxis	protection
physis	growth
plasia	formation, produce
plasty	plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
plegia	paralysis
poiesis	formation
praxia	action
ptosis	droop, sag, protrude
ptysis	to spit, spitting
rhaphy	surgical repair, suture
rrhage	bursting forth (of blood)
rrhagia	bursting forth (of blood)
rrhaphy	suture, repair
rrhea	flow, discharge
schisis	split, fissure
sclerosis	hardening of
scope	instrument to visually examine
scopy	visual examination of
sepsis	decay, infection
sis	state of, condition
spasm	sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
stasis	to stop, control
stenosis	narrowing
sthenia	strength
stitial	to set
stomy	surgical creation of an opening
suppression	to stop
therapy	treatment
tic	pertaining to
tome	instrument used to cut
tomy	incision, cutting
tresia	opening
tripsy	crushing of
troph(y)	nourishment, development
um	tissue
uria	urine, urination
us	pertaining to
us	blood
y	process, condition, pertaining to

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