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Question | Answer |
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a, an-, ar- | without; lack of |
ab- | away from |
ad- | to; toward |
ambi- | both |
amphi- | both sides |
ana- | up; apart |
ante- | before; in front of; forward |
anter/o- | infront; before |
anti- | against |
anis/o- | unequal, dissimilar |
auto- | self |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
circum- | around |
co, com, con- | together |
contra- | against; opposite |
de- | lack of, down; away from |
dextr/o | right side |
di- | two |
dia- | between; through; complete |
dipl- dipl/o- | double, two-fold |
dors/o- | back |
dys- | painful;difficult, bad |
ec-, ex- | out, out from |
ect/o-, exo-, extra- | outside, outward |
em, en- | in |
endo- | within |
epi- | upon; above |
eu- | good; normal |
extra- | outside |
hemi- | half |
heter/o- | different |
hidr/o- | sweat |
homo- | same |
hydr/o- | water |
im, in- | not, in |
infra- | below; inferior to |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
is/o | equal |
later/o | side |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
meso-,mid-,medi- | middle |
meta- | change; beyone, after, over |
micro- | small |
mon/o | one |
multi- | many, much |
neo- | new |
pachy- | thick |
pan- | all |
para- | beside; alone side, near |
per- | through |
peri- | around; surrounding |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after; behind |
poster/o | posterior, behind, toward the back |
pre- | before, in front of |
primi- | first |
pro- | before |
pseud/o | false |
quad, quadri- | four |
re- | back;again |
retro- | behind; backward |
scler/o | hard |
semi- | part of; half |
sinistr/o | left side |
sub- | under; below |
super- | above; upper, excessive |
supra- | above; upon |
sym, syn- | together; with, joined |
tachy- | fast |
tetra- | four |
trans- | across, through |
tri- | three |
ultra- | beyond; om excess |
uni- | one |
-algesia | pain |
-algia | pain |
-arche | beginning |
-ase | enzyme |
-asthenia | weakness |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | puncture |
-cide | to kill |
-clasis | break, fracture |
-clysis | injection |
-crit | to separate |
-cusis | hearing |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | fixation, binding |
-dynia | pain |
-ectasis | dilation; stretching, expansion |
-ectomy | removal; excision |
-emesis | vomitting |
-emia | blood |
-gen | born, or producing |
-genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin |
-glia | glue |
-globin | protein |
-gnosis | knowledge |
-gram | record, a writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-icle | small |
-ist | one who specializes |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesis | movement, motion |
-lith | stone |
-logist | speacialst in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breaking up; separation, destruction |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | madness |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metry | act of measuring |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-mnesia | memory |
-oid | like; resembling |
-ole | small |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | vision |
-osis | abnormal |
-para | to bear (offspring) |
-paresis | partial paralysis |
-pathy | disease; emotion |
-penia | deficiency, decrease |
-pexy | fixation; to put in place |
-phagia | eat; swallow |
-phasia | speech |
-philia | attraction for |
-phobia | fear of |
-phonia | sound; voice |
-plasia | development; formation, growth |
-plasm | formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-poiesis | formation, production |
-ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
-rrhapy | suture |
-rrhea | flow; discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | visual inspection |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stasis | stopping; control, standing still |
-stenosis | stricture; narrowing |
-stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
-tome | instrument for cutting |
-tomy | incision, cut into |
-toxic | poison |
-tripsy | crushing |
-trophy | nourishment; development |
-ula | small |
-ule | small |
-uria | urine |
-version | to turn |
-y | process |