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Terminology 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 |
-cision | a cutting |
-cleisis | closure |
-continence | to hold back |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming; producing; origin |
-genesis | forming; producing; origin |
-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; loosening |
-megaly | enlarement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumour |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase |
-para | to bear (offspring) |
-pathy | disease |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-poisesis | formation; production |
-potence | power |
-ptosis | prolapse; downward displacement |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
-rrhage | bursting forth (of) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge; flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | tube (fallopian tube) |
-schisis | a splitting |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spadias | slit; fissure |
-stenosis | narrowing; stricture |
-therapy | treatment |
-tocia | childbirth; labor |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-uria | urine |
-version | turning |