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Suffixes and Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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-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 |