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Digestive and urinary system
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05/27/2025
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-cele
 Definition
hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture or aspiration of fluid
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision or surgical removal procedure
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-gram
 Definition
record or radiographic image
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-ia
 Definition
condition of
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-iasis
 Definition
condition
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logist
 Definition
specialist who studies or treats
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-phagia
 Definition
eating or swallowing
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-phagia
 Definition
eating or swallowing
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse or drooping
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing or repairing
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used for visualization
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-scopy
 Definition
process of viewing, visualization
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-stomy
 Definition
creation of an artificial opening
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-tomy
 Definition
incision or cut into
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-emia
 Definition
in the blood
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-lith
 Definition
stone
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-lysis
 Definition
loosening, dissolution, or serperation of
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
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-scopic
 Definition
pertaining to visual examination
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-rheum/o
 Definition
a watery flow
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-ible
 Definition
able to be
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-cide
 Definition
causing death
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