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PREFIX/SUFFIXWORDS
BOTH PREFIX OR SUFFIX WORDS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, an (PREFIX) | without (go WITHOUT somthing) |
| ab (PREFIX) | away from (walk AWAY FROM something) |
| ad (PREFIX) | toward (walk TOWARD someone) |
| algia (PREFIX OR SUFFIX mostly suffix) | pain (labor PAIN) |
| ante (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | before, wall part (labor BEFORE birth) |
| anti (PREFIX) | against |
| bi (PREFIX) | two, double |
| brady (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | slow (heart beating SLOW) |
| circum (PREFIX) | around (go AROUND it) |
| co, con (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | together (puzzel pieces go TOGETHER) |
| de (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | down or away from (he went DOWNstairs and AWAY FROM them) |
| desis (PREFIX OR SUFFIX mostly suffix) | binding, fixation of (surgery to BIND the joints) |
| dia (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | through (cutting THROUGH the skin) |
| dys (PREFIX) | difficult, abnormal (blood work came back ABNORMAL) (surgery was DIFFICULT) |
| ecto (PREFIX) | outside (cut was on the OUTSIDE) |
| ectomy (PREFIX OR SUFFIX mostly suffix) | excision (her tonsils was REMOVED) |
| endo (PREFIX) | within (tube was put WITHIN the throat) |
| epi (PREFIX) | outer, on top of, over (the shirt was ON TOP OF the dresser) |
| exo (PREFIX) | away from (the tiger walked AWAY FROM us) |
| extra (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | outside, beyond (she went OUTSIDE and BEYOND her way) |
| ferro (PREFIX) | iron (ANEMIA) |
| fore (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | before (his cut was be -FORE his lip) |
| form (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | shape of (kidney is a SHAPE OF bean) |
| graphy (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | writing, record |
| hemi (PREFIX) | half (paralysised on HALF of the body) |
| hydra, hydro (PREFIX) | water |
| hyper (PREFIX) | above (HYPERACTIVE) |
| hypo (PREFIX) | below (-2) |
| iasis (SUFFIX) | condition of |
| iatric (SUFFIX) | medicine |
| ic (SUFFIX) | pertaining to |
| inter (PREFIX) | between |
| intra (PREFIX) | within |
| isis, asis (SUFFIX) | condition of |
| itis (SUFFIX) | inflammation of |
| juxta (PREFIX) | near |
| kinesis (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | movement |
| kypho (PREFIX) | humped |
| logia, logy (SUFFIX) | science (study) of |
| lysis (SUFFIX) | disintegration (breakdown) |
| macro (PREFIX) | large, long |
| malacia (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | softening |
| med, medi, medio (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | middle |
| mega, megaly (PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | enlargement, large |
| micro (MOSTLY PREFIX) | small |
| mono (PREFIX) | single, one |
| multi (PREFIX) | many |
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