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Orange Module
Suffix and prefix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specalist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary, contraction, twitch |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-, an- | without |
| orth- | teeth |
| dia- | across, through |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| hyper- | above normal, excessive |
| peri- | around |
| post- | behind, backward |
| sub- | below, under |