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Created by Whitney Harding
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| Question | Answer | 
| -algia | pain, painful condition | 
| dys- | bad, difficult, or painful | 
| -ectomy | surgical removal | 
| hyper- | excessive, increased | 
| hypo- | deficient, decreased | 
| -itis | inflammation | 
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease | 
| -ostomy | surgically creating an opening | 
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision | 
| -plasty | surgical repair | 
| -rrhage | bleeding, excessive fluid discharge | 
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing | 
| -rrhea | flow or discharge | 
| -rrhexis | rupture | 
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening | 
| aden/o | gland | 
| adip/o | fat | 
| anter/o | front or before | 
| caud/o | tail or lower part of the body | 
| cephal/o | head | 
| cyt/o | cell | 
| endo- | within | 
| exo- | out of | 
| hist/o | tissue | 
| -ologist | specialist | 
| -ology | study of | 
| path/o | disease | 
| -plasia | formation | 
| poster/o | back or toward the back | 
| -stasis | control | 
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