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Suffix and prefix
Term | Definition |
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-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectomy | excision |
-emesis | vomit |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ist | specalist |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-lysis | separation, destruction |
-megaly | enlargement |
-ole | small, minute |
-orexia | appetite |
-pathy | disease |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | swallowing, eating |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-prandial | meal |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-spasm | involuntary, contraction, twitch |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-tomy | incision |
a-, an- | without |
orth- | teeth |
dia- | across, through |
dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
hyper- | above normal, excessive |
peri- | around |
post- | behind, backward |
sub- | below, under |