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Purple Module
Exam prefix ad suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al,-ary,-ic,-tic | pertaining 2 |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -meter | instrument of measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -ous | pertaining 2, sugar |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -scope | instrument of examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tome | instrument to cut skin |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | turning |
| a-, an- | without, out |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| exo- | outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| contra- | downward, against |
| di- | two, double |
| dys- | impaired, abnormal |
| eso- | inward |
| para- | near, beside, beyond |
| quadri- | four, four sides |
| syn- | union, together, join |
| uni- | one |