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Medical terminology prefixes, suffixes

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ab   away from  
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ad   toward  
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ana   up  
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ante   before  
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cata   down  
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circum, peri   around  
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endo   within  
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epi   upon, above  
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ex   out, away from  
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extra   outside, beyond  
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hyper   above, excessive  
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hypo   below, deficient  
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infra   below  
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inter   between  
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intra   within  
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meso   middle  
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para   beside, alongside  
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retro   backward  
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sub   below, under  
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supra   above, beyond  
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ambi   both  
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bi   two, double  
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centi   a hundred  
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deca   ten  
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dipl   double  
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di(s)   two, apart  
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milli   on-thousandth  
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nulli   none  
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poly   many  
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primi   first  
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quadri   four  
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quint   five  
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semi, hemi   half  
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tetra   four  
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tri   three  
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uni   one  
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anti, contra   against  
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auto   self  
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brachy   short  
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brady   slow  
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cac, mal   bad  
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dia   through  
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dys   bad, difficult  
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eu   good, normal  
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hetero   different  
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homeo   similar, same  
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hydro   water  
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mega   large, great  
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micro   small  
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oligo   scanty, little  
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pan   all  
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pseudo   false  
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sym, syn   together  
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ate   use, action  
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blast   immature cell, germ cell  
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ectasis   dilatation, dilation, distention  
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gen   formation, produce  
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genesis   formation, produce  
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genic   formation, produce  
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gram   weight, mark, record  
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ic   pertaining to, chemical  
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ive   nature of, quality of  
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lymph   serum, clear fluid  
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lysis   destruction, to separate  
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megaly   enlargement, large  
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penia   lack of, deficiency  
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plasm   a thing formed, plasma  
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plegia   stroke, paralysis  
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ptosis   prolapse, drooping  
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rrhea   flow, discharge  
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scopy   to view, examine  
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spasm   tension, spasm  
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stasis   control, stopping  
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staxia   dripping, trickling  
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trophy   nourishment, development  
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y   process, condition, pertaining to  
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algia, dynia   pain  
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cele   hernia, tumor, swelling  
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emesis   vomiting  
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itis   inflammation  
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lith   stone  
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malacia   softening  
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megaly   enlargement, large  
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oid   resemble  
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oma   tumor  
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osis   condition of  
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pathy   disease  
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phobia   fear  
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ptysis   spitting  
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rrhage   bursting forth  
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rrhagia   bursting forth  
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rrhexis   rupture  
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centesis   surgical puncture  
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desis   binding  
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extomy   excision  
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graph   to write, record  
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graphy   recording  
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meter   instrument to measure, measure  
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pexy   surgical fixation  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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rrhaphy   suture  
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stomy   new opening  
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tome   instrument  
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tomy   incision  
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cyte   cell  
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ist   one who specialize, agent  
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logy   study of  
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phagia   to eat  
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plasia   formation, produce  
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phasia   to speak  
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philia   attraction  
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phraxis   to obstruct  
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physis   growth  
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pnea   breathing  
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poiesis   formation  
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therapy   treatment  
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trophy   nourishment, development  
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uria   urine  
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