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musculoskeletal suffix
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08/01/2025
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-ad
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toward
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al-
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pertaining
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-algia
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pain
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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-desis
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surgical fixation, fusion
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-ectomy
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exicision surgical removal, cutting out
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-gram
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the record, radiographic image
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-graphy
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process of recording, radiographic imaging
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-kenesia
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movement
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-lysis
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loosing, separating, dissolution
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-malacia
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softening
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-old
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal conditions
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-penia
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abnormal reduction
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-physis
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growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-porsis
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porous

having minute spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass
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-rrhaphy
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structuring or repairing
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-sacoma
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malignant tumor
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-schisis
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split, fissures
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-scopy
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process of viewing, visual examination
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-tome
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instrument used to cut
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-tomy
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incision, cut into
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-trophy
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nourishment development
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