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NSG prefix, suffix
Prefixes, suffixes by lilk8tob
| abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no, not without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| aero- | air |
| ambi- | both or both sides, around about |
| aniso- | unequal |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| bi-, di-, diplo- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cyano- | blue |
| de- | down, from, revision or removing, take away |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | bad, difficulty |
| ecto-, ex-, xo- | out, without, away from |
| en-, endo- | inside |
| api- | above, upon |
| erythro- | red |
| eu- | normal, good, easy |
| extra- | outside, addition, beyond |
| hemi-, semi- | half, partly |
| hemo- | blood |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hpyer- | excessive or abnormally high |
| hypo- | beneath, below normal, less than or under |
| in- | not, in, inside, or within |
| infra- | below, under, inferior, beneath, after |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ipsi- | same |
| iso- | equal, same |
| lip- | fat |
| macro-, megalo- | large, enlarged |
| mal- | bad |
| melano- | black |
| meso- | middle |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one, single |
| multi-, poly- | many, much |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all, every |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| per- | through, by |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after, behind |
| primi- | first |
| py(o)- | pus |
| quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under, below |
| super-, supra- | above, beyond |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| -able, -ible, -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal | capable of |
| -algia | pain |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cidal | killing |
| -crine | secrete |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -genic | produced by or produced in |
| -gram | a ercord |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process or recording |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -ic, -ive, -tic | pertaining to |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -ism | condition or theory |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | membrane |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| -logy | study of, science of |
| -ly | act or process or condition |
| -lysis, -lysin, -lytic | dissolving, destruction, freeing |
| -malacia | softening |
| -maina | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | large or enlarged |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -pathy | disease |
| -para | female who has given birth |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| --phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phibia | abnormal fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | sagging, prolapse |
| -rrhage, -orrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -schisis | split, cleft |
| -sclerosis | hard, hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | surgical cushing |
| -trophic, -trophy | nutrition, development |
| -uria | urine or urination |
| -y | condition, procedure |
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