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MS / GI Sys
Prefix / Suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without |
| dia- | through |
| per- | through |
| ultra- | beyond |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| endo- | within |
| peri- | surrounding |
| epi- | over; upon |
| ante- | before |
| hypo- | below |
| leuko- | white |
| inter- | between |
| quadra- | four |
| quadri- | four |
| sub- | below; under |
| syn- | joined together |
| schisis | a splitting; cleft |
| graphy | process of recording |
| tomy | incision |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| ectasis | dilation; expansion |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| ology | study of |
| al, ar, ic | pertaining to |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | prolapse |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| scopy | visual examination |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| porosis | porous |
| emesis | vomitting |
| iasis | abnormal condition of |
| megaly | enlargement |
| orexia | appetite |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phagia | swallowing; eating |
| prandial | meal |
| rrhea | discharge; flow |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| itis | inflammation |
| scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| oma | tumor |
| blast | embryonic cell |
| clasis | break; fracture |
| desis | surgical fixation |
| malacia | softening |
| physis | growth |
| stomy | forming an opening |
| an, ian, ism | condition of |
| algia | pain |
| pexy | fixation of an organ |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| pathy | disease |
| cele | hernia |
| emaia | blood condition |