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PREFIXES/SUFFIXE
meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ia | condition |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ectomy | excision,removal |
| -oid | resembling |
| -algesia | pain |
| algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia,swelling |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -asthenia | weakness of,loss of strength |
| -esthesia | feeling,sensation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -ology | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -dynia | pain |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -algia | pain |
| -oma | tumor |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -rrhea | discharge,flow |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two,double |
| -ism | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease,deficiency |
| a- | without,not |
| an- | not,without |
| epi- | above,upon |
| hypo- | below,deficient in |
| sub- | below |
| brady- | slow |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive |
| para- | beside;beyond,near |
| uni- | one |
| dys- | difficult,painful,bad |
| contra- | against,opposite |
| syn- | together,joined,union |
| necro- | death,necrosis |
| di- | double,two |
| -ar,ic | pertaining to |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| eso- | inward |
| intra- | within,in |
| extra- | on the outside |
| exo- | outward |
| mono- | one |
| dys- | bad,painful,difficult |
| hemi- | one half |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ion- | the act of |
| tomy | incision |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ologist | specialist,one who studies |
| spasm | twitching |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -al | pertaining to,relating to |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -tropia | turning |
| -ptosis | dropping,sagging,prolapse |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -pexy | fixation,suspension,put in place |
| -oma | tumor |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |