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Terminology - suffixes/prefixes
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-ad | toward |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
-clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-dynia | pain |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-iatry | medicine; treatment |
-ia | condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ism | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-kinesia | movement |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-malacia | softening |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition, increase |
-pexy | fixation |
-physis | growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-tomy | incision |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-um | structure, thing |
-clast | to break, surgical fracture |
a-, an- | without, not |
brachy- | short |
cine- | movement |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
inter- | between |
mega- | enlargement |
meta- | change, beyond |
quadri- | four |
sub- | under, below |
supra- | above; excessive; superior |
sym- | union, together, joined |
syn- | union, together, joined |