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prefixes/suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ia | condition |
| -tomy | incision to cut into |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ectomy | excision,surgical removal of |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hearing,protrusion |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -esthesia | feeling,sensation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -ology | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | condition, status, process |
| -dynia | pain |
| -rrhapy | repairing |
| -algia | pain |
| -oma | tumor,swelling |
| megaly | enlargement |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -lepsy | state of |
| -pathy | disease |
| a- | with out |
| an- | without |
| epi- | upon,over |
| hypo- | below,inconplete |
| sub- | under,below |
| brady- | slow |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| para- | beside |
| uni- | one |
| contra- | against |
| syn- | together,joined |
| necro- | death |
| di- | two |
| ary,ic- | pertaining to |
| rrhagia- | bursting forth |
| bi- | two |
| eso- | outside,outward |
| mono- | one |
| dyn- | pain |
| dys- | painful |
| hys- | onehalf |
| graphy- | process of recording |
| ion- | the act of |
| tomy- | incision |
| plegia- | paraltsis |
| ologist- | specialist one who studies |
| spasm- | twitching |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ectomy | excision,surgical repair |
| -ology | study of |
| -tropia | turning |
| -ptosis | sagging |
| -opia | vision |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -pexy | surgical pixation, suspension |
| -oma | tumor |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |