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Nur203 -Pre/Suf
Prefixes/Suffixes for Nur-203
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cele | hernia Examples: rectocele, cystocele |
| centesis | puncture Example: amniocentesis |
| esis, iasis | state or condition Example: synthesis |
| osis, tion | pathological state Examples: hypnosis, osmosis |
| gram | a tracing Example: electrocardiogram |
| emesis | vomit Example: cholemesis |
| pathy | disease |
| adeno | gland |
| rrhage, rhagia | excessive flow |
| myelo | marrow |
| chole | gall, bile |
| dys | difficult, bad, painful |
| ad | toward, to, near |
| ab, abs | away from Example: abduct |
| a, an | negative, without, lack of Example: atheist |
| cysto | bladder |
| oculo | eye |
| endo, end | within |
| megal, mega | large, great |
| mal | bad, poor, evil |
| macro | large, long, big |
| stomy | new opening, furnish with an outlet Example: colostomy |
| stasis | halt, arrest Example: bacteriostasis |
| rrhea, orrhea | to flow discharge Example: diarrhea |
| rrhaphy | suturing in place Example: gastrorrhaphy |
| ptosis | downward displacement Example: nephroptosis |
| penia | lack, deficiency of Example: thrombocytopenia |
| otomy | cutting, incision Example: hysterectomy |
| megaly | large, enlargement, big |
| lupis | setting free |
| ize | to treat by special method Example: specialize |
| neuro | nerve |
| os | mouth |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| path, patho | disease |
| peri | around |
| pneu | air, lungs |
| poly | many, much |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pseud, pseudo | false |
| retro | backward |
| rhino | nose |
| sarco | flesh |
| semi | half |
| super, supra | above |
| tri | three |
| uni | one |
| uro | urinary, urinary organs |
| vaso | vessel |
| hemato, hemat, hem, hemo | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepa, hepar, hepato | liver |
| hyper | above, excessive, greater than, over |
| hypo | under, less than normal |
| hystero | uterus |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| laryngo | larynx |
| ectomy | cutting out, removal excision Example: hysterectomy |
| cyte | cell |
| aemia, emia | blood |
| algia, algesia, dynia | suffering, pain |
| arthro | joint |
| anti | against |
| amb, ambi | both |
| cephal | head |
| cardio | heart |
| brady | slow |
| brachy | short |
| bi | twice, two, double |
| lith | a stone |
| emia | blood |
| lith | stone or calculus |
| lysis | breaking down |
| oma | tumor |
| pnea | breathing |
| scopy | to see |
| ortho | straight, normal |
| pan | entire, all |
| stomato | mouth |
| sub | under, beneath |
| trans | across, through |
| itis, ites | inflammation |
| phage, phagia | to eat |
| uria | urine |
| myo | muscle |
| nephro | kidney |
| derma | skin |
| diplo | double |
| ecto, ect, exo | outer, outside |
| entero | intestine |
Created by:
ssbourbon
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