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PREFIXES/SUFFIXE
meanings
Question | Answer |
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-ia | condition |
-tomy | incision |
-ectomy | excision,removal |
-oid | resembling |
-algesia | pain |
algia | pain |
-cele | hernia,swelling |
-lepsy | seizure |
-asthenia | weakness of,loss of strength |
-esthesia | feeling,sensation |
-phasia | speech |
-ology | study of |
-malacia | softening |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-dynia | pain |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-algia | pain |
-oma | tumor |
-megaly | enlargement |
-rrhea | discharge,flow |
anti- | against |
bi- | two,double |
-ism | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease,deficiency |
a- | without,not |
an- | not,without |
epi- | above,upon |
hypo- | below,deficient in |
sub- | below |
brady- | slow |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | excessive |
para- | beside;beyond,near |
uni- | one |
dys- | difficult,painful,bad |
contra- | against,opposite |
syn- | together,joined,union |
necro- | death,necrosis |
di- | double,two |
-ar,ic | pertaining to |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
eso- | inward |
intra- | within,in |
extra- | on the outside |
exo- | outward |
mono- | one |
dys- | bad,painful,difficult |
hemi- | one half |
graphy | process of recording |
ion- | the act of |
tomy | incision |
plegia | paralysis |
ologist | specialist,one who studies |
spasm | twitching |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-al | pertaining to,relating to |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-itis | inflammation |
-ology | study of |
-cusis | hearing |
-tropia | turning |
-ptosis | dropping,sagging,prolapse |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-acusis | hearing |
-pexy | fixation,suspension,put in place |
-oma | tumor |
-scope | instrument for viewing |