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-emia

Blood

-rrhexis

Bursting forth

-cyte

Cell

-osis, -iasis, -ia, -ism

Condition

-tripsy

To crush

-tomy

To cut into

-lysis

Destroy

-pathy

Disease of

-ptosis

Drooping

-megaly

Enlargement

-ase

Enzyme-related

-phobia

Fear

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-genesis

Formation

-sclerosis

Hardening

-cele

Herniation

-iasis

Infestation

-itis

Inflammation

-scope

Instrument to examine

-meter

Instrument to measure

-graph

Instrument to record data

-spasm

Involuntary movement

-cide

Kill

-penia

Lack of

-para

Live birth

-mania

Madness

-ostomy

Make a new opening

-metry

Measurement

-ia

Morbidity or unhealthy condition

-stenosis

Narrowing

-trophy

Nutrition/ development

-er

One who

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-ic, -al, -otic, -ac, -ar, -ous, -ical

Pertaining to

-gram

Picture

-gravida

Pregnancy

-y

Process of

-graphy

Recording of data

-ectomy

To remove or cut out

-oid

Resembling

-lepsy

Seizure

-ule, -ole

Small in size

-malacia

Softening

-ist

Specialist

-stasis

Staying in one place

-lith

Stone

-ectasia

Stretching

-logy

Study of

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-plasty

To surgically repair

-edema

Swelling

-therapy

Treatment

-oma

Tumor

-emesis

Vomiting

-clysis

Washing