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prefixes and suffixes
Term | Definition |
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dia- | Through, complete |
dys- | Difficult, labored, painful, adnormal |
pro- | Before |
hypo- | Below incomplete, deficient |
hyper- | Above, excessive |
meta- | After, beyond, change |
neo- | New |
sis | State of |
-gen | Substance or agent that produces or causes |
-genic | Producing, originating, causing |
-ic | Pertaining to |
-oid | Resembling |
-ologist | One who studies and practices (specialist, physician) |
-ology | Study of |
-stasis | Control, stop |
-plasm | Growth, substance (formation) |
-pathy | diesase |
-plasia | formation, development, a growth |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-genesis | origin, cause |
-al | Pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-ous | Pertaining to |
-osis | Abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
-oma | Tumor, swelling |