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White mod pre/suffix
White module prefixes and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | herniation, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| dys- | painful, difficult, bad |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision |
| endo- | within, in |
| epi- | on, upon |
| -genesis | formation, production, origin |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | defiency, below |
| -iasis | abnormal condition of |
| inter- | between |
| -ism | condition, process, disease from specific cause |
| -itis | inflammation |
| juxta- | beside, next to |
| lacti- | milk |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement of |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| multi- | many, most, much |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -para | to bear |
| -pathy | disease |
| peri- | around |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| poly- | many, much |
| primi- | first |
| -ptosis | displacement, drooping, sagging |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | a suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tubes |
| -schisis | fissure, split |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -tocia | childbirth, labour |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -triptor | instrument to crush |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | act of turning |
| -oid | resembling |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -stenosis | narrowing or stricture |
| -gens | forming, producing, origins |
| electro- | electricity |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| pseudo- | fake, false |
| azot- | nitrogenous compounds |