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Question | Answer |
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a-,an- | without,lack of,absence of |
ante- | before,forward,in front of |
anter(i),anter(o) | front,forward |
anti- | aganist |
-ase | enzyme |
audi(o) | hearing |
cephal(o) | head |
cerebr(o) | cerebrum,brain |
cervic(o) | around,about,encirling |
-coccus | bacterium,bacteria |
contra- | against |
diplo- | double,twofold |
dors(o) | back dorsal |
dys- | difficult,abnormal,bad,painful |
-ectomy | excision,excise,to cut out |
encephal(o) | brain,inside the head |
endo- | inside,inner,within |
epi- | outer,upon |
eu- | normal,easy,good |
extra- | outside,beyond |
ger(o) | old age |
-gram | picture,grapg,record |
-graph | recording instrument |
-graphy | process of making an image |
mal- | bad,abnormal |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | prolapse,sagging,sagged |
pyr-,pyro- | fever,fire |
-tomy | incision,incise,to cut into |
lapar(o) | abdomen |
-logist | one who studies or specializes |
-lysis | destrction,dissolution,breakdown |
-osis | condition,increase |
poly- | much,many |
thorac(o) | chest,thorax |
later(o) | side lateral |
-logy | the study of |
mast(o) | breast,mammary gland |
meter | instrument of measuring or counting |
myc(o) | fungus,fungi |
non- | not |
ophthalm(o) | eye |
ot(o) | ear |
para- | beside,near,beyond,abnormal |
-phobia | fear |
physi(o) | body function |
-plasia | development,formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
pod(o) | foot |
post- | after |
presby(o) | old age |
psych(o) | mind,mental |
radi(o) | x-ray |
-rrhea | flow,discharge |
semi- | half,partly,partially |
sub- | under,below |
supra- | above,over,at the top |
-trophy | development growth nutrition |
hemi- | half |
iso- | equal,same |
peri- | near,around,surrounding |
hypo | deficient,low,below,down |
-iasis | condition of disease |
inter | between among |
intra- | within, inside |
megalo | large,enlarged |
homo- | same,alike |
hydr | water |
hydro- | water |
infra- | below,beneath |
-itis | inflammation |
mommo(0) | breast,mammary,gland |
-megaly | enlargement |
-opia | vision |
-penia | deficiency, low number |
-pexy | fixation |
poster(i),poster(o) | back,behind |
retro- | behind,backward,in back of |
-scope | instrument used to exam or look |
-scopy | process of examining |
syn- | together,with,joined,fused |
tox-,toxi-,toxo- | poison,toxin,toxic |
trans- | across, over, through |
hyper- | excessive, high,above,upward |