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prefixsuffixexam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |