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suffixes prefixes, word roots

QuestionAnswer
a- without, not
an- without, not
anti- against
dys- bad,painful, difficult
eu- normal, even
hyper- above normal, excessive
hypo- below, under, deficient
sub- below, under
super- above, under
supra- above, excessive, superior
extra- outside
endo- in, within
intra- in,within
para- near,beside,beyond
mono- one
bi- two
tri- three
quad four
poly- many,much
multi- many, much
pre- before, in front of
post- after, behind
peri- aound
epi- above, upon
macro- large
micro- small
tachy- rapid
brady- slow
-centesis surgical punture
-ectomy remove, excision
-0/tomy incision
-o/ stomy forming of an opening (mouth)
-scope instrument for examination
-scopy visual examination
-plasty surgical repair, reconstruction
-o/metry act of measuring
0/meter instrument of measuring
-graph instrument of recording
-gram writing, recording
0/graphy process of recording
0/lysis separating, loosening, destruction
-pexy fixation (of an organ)
o/rrhaphy structure
rrhea flow, discharge
algia pain
dynia pain
-emesis vomiting
-emia blood condition
-gen producing, forming, origin
-genesis producing, forming, origin
-iasis abnormal condition, produced by something specific
-osis abnormal condition increasing, blood cells
-itis inflammation
-malacia softening
-megaly enlargment
-oma tumor
-0/pathy disease
-rrhage bursting forth of
-rrhagia rupture
-sclerosis abnormal hardening condition
-spasm involuntary contractions, twitching
-stenosis narrowing stricture
-o/logy study of
-o/logist specialist in the study of
abdomin abdomen
gastr/o stomach
enter/ intestine small
carcin/ cancer
cardi/ heart
dermat/ skin
derm/ skin
arth joint
hem/ blood
hemat/ blood
leuk/ white
lip fat
lipid fat
nas/ nose
o/pnea breathing
rhin/ nose
cost/ ribs
path disease
pulmon lungs
pneumon air lung
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