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Terminology- Suffixes/Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | without, not |
| an- | without, not |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| echo- | repeated sound |
| en- | in, within |
| endo- | in, within |
| eu- | good, normal |
| extra- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| peri- | around |
| tachy- | rapid |
| trans- | across, through |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumour |
| -osis | abnormal condition: increase |
| -osmia | smell |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phonia | voice |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |
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