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Suffixes and Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ception | conceiving |
| -cide | killing |
| -continence | to hold back |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, origin, producing |
| -genesis | forming, origin, producing |
| -grade | to go |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist |
| -icterus | jaundice |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ization | process of |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosen |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition of |
| -para | to bear (off spring) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -potence | power |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | tube |
| -schisis | a splitting |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spadias | slit, fissure |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tocia | childbirth, labour |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | turning |
| a-,an- | without |
| ante- | before, front |
| brachy- | short |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| dia- | through, pass |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| ec- | out, out from |
| ecto- | outside,outward |
| epi- | above, upon |
| hypo- | below, under |
| im- | not |
| in- | in, not |
| multi- | many, much |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after,behind |
| pre- | before, in front |
| primi- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| tri- | three |
| -cleisis | surgical closing |
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