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Medical Terminology

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Term
Definition
Type
-centesis   surgical puncture   show
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show to break, surgical fracture   surgical  
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-desis   show surgical  
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-ectomy   show surgical  
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-lysis   show surgical  
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-pexy   fixation (of an organ)   show
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show surgical repair   surgical  
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-rrhaphy   suture   show
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-stomy   Forming an opening (mouth)   show
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-tome   instrument to cut   show
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show incision   surgical  
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-tripsy   show surgical  
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-gram   record, writing   show
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-graph   show diagnostic  
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-graphy   process of recording   show
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-scope   instrument for examining   show
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-scopy   visual examination   show
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-algia   show pathological  
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-dynia   Pain   show
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-cele   show pathological  
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-ectasis   show pathological  
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-emesis   vomiting   show
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show blood condition   pathological  
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show forming, producing, origin   pathological  
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show Forming, Producing, Origin   pathological  
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-itis   inflammation   show
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-malacia   softening   show
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show enlargement   pathological  
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-oma   tumor   show
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-osis   show pathological  
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-pathy   disease   show
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-penia   decrease, deficiency   show
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show fear   pathological  
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-plegia   paralysis   show
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-ptosis   prolapse, downward displacement   show
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-rrhea   show pathological  
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-rrhexis   show pathological  
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show abnormal condition of hardening   pathological  
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-spasm   involuntary contraction, twitching   show
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-stenosis   narrowing, stricture   show
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show poison   pathological  
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show pertaining to   adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical  
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-ia, -ism   show adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical  
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show medicine, treatment   adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical  
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-y   show adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical  
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show small, minute   adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical  
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