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Purple Module
Exam prefix ad suffix
Term | Definition |
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-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 |