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Prefix/Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fore | before |
| dia | through |
| co, con | together |
| bi | two; double |
| anti | against |
| ab | away from |
| ectomy | excision |
| ad | toward |
| brady | slow |
| a, an | without |
| circum | around |
| de | down or away from |
| desis | binding; fixation of |
| epi | outer; on top of; over |
| exo | away from |
| ecto | outside |
| algia | pain |
| ante | before; wall part |
| endo | within |
| dys | difficult; abnormal |
| ferro | iron |
| extra | outside; beyond |
| xero | dry |
| uni | one |
| tri | three |
| toxo | toxic; poison |
| tachy | swift; fast |
| super/supra | above |
| sphygmo | pulse |
| scopy | exam |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| re | back; again |
| pseudo | false |
| pre | before |
| poly | many |
| plasty | plastic surgical correction |
| phobia | fear of |
| peri | around |
| path | disease |
| pachy | thick |
| otomy | incision |
| oma | tumor |
| oligo | few |
| ob | against |
| multi | many |
| med/medi/medio | middle |
| malacia | softening |
| lysis | disintegration |
| kypho | humped |
| juxta | near |
| isis/asis | condition of |
| inter | between |
| iasis | condition of |
| albus | white |
| chloro | green |
| chrom | color |
| cirrhos | yellow |
| cyano | blue |
| erythr | red |
| melano | black |
| leuko | white |
| polio | gray |
| purpura | purple; porphyria |
| rubeo | red |
| rhodo | rose |
| xantho | yellow |
| hydra/hydro | water |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| graphy | writing; rcord |
| form | shape of |
| xeno | foreign |
| trans | across |
| ultra | above |
| tele | distance |
| sub | below |
| sym/syn | together |
| semi | half |
| rhexis | rupture |
| retro | backward |
| ptosis | falling |
| pro | in front of; on behalf of |
| post | after |
| plegia | paralysis; stroke |
| phoresis | transmission |
| pexy | fixation; suspension |
| penia | deficiency |
| para | near; departure from the norm |
| micro | small |
| osis | condition |
| ology | study of |
| oid | like; shape; resemble |
| neo | new |
| mega/megaly | enlargement |
| mono | single; one |
| macro | large; long |
| logia/logy | science of |
| kinesis | movement |
| itis | inflammation of |
| intra | within |
| iatric | medicine |
| ic | pertaining to |