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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Post | After |
| Around | Peri |
| Before/In front of | Pre |
| Micro | Small |
| Macro | Large |
| Pre | Before |
| Post | After |
| Hypo | Under/Below |
| Super | Above/Over |
| Dia/Trans | Across/Through |
| Circum/Peri | Around |
| Endo/Intra | In/Within |
| Retro | Behind |
| A/An | Without |
| Mono/Uni | One |
| Dipl/Dipolo | Double |
| Primi | First |
| Homo/Homeo | Same |
| Trophy | Nourishment, developmonet |
| Osis | Abnormal Condition |
| Iasis | Abnormal condition |
| Pathy | Disease |
| Toxic | Poisonous |
| Itis | Inflamation |
| Plegia | Paralysis |
| Algia/Dynia | Pain |
| Stenosis | Narrowing |
| Malacia | Sotening |
| Megaly | Enlargement |
| Penia | Decrease/Deficiency |
| Oma | Tumor |
| Lith | Stone |
| Emia | Blood condition |
| Emesis | Vomiting |
| Phobia | Fear |
| Edema | Welling due to fluid retention |
| Cele | A swelling or hernia |
| Ectasis | Expansion or dilationof an existing pace |
| Rrhea | Discharge, flow |
| Rrhexis | Rupture |
| Rrhage/rrhagia | bursting(of) |
| Rrhaphy | suturing |
| Tome | Cutting instrument |
| Tomy | an incision |
| Ectomy | surgical removal, exision |
| stomy | procedure that forms an opening |
| Centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| Plasty | Surgical fluid |
| Desis | Fixation, immobilization of a bony joint |
| Pexy | Fixation of an organ |
| Tripsy | crushing (I.E Kidney stones) |
| Rraphy | suturing |
| Lysis | Separation, destruction, dissolving |
| Clast | To break |
| Plural of "a" | Change "a" to "e" |
| Plural of "ax" | Drop "ax" and add ces" |
| Plural of "en" | Drop "en" and add "ina" |
| Plural of "is" | Drop "is" and add "es" |
| Plural of "ix" | Drop "ix" and add "ices" |
| Plural of "ex" | Drop "ex" and add "ices" |
| Plural of "ma" | Drop "ma" and add "ta" |
| Plural of "on" | Drop "on" and add "a" |
| Plural of "um" | Drop "um" and add "a" |
| Plural of "us" | Drop "us" and add "i" |
| Plural of "y" | Drop "y" and add "ies" |