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HCP 101
Prefixes/Suffixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
a-,an- | Without |
ante-, pre-, pro- | Before |
anti-, contra- | Against |
bi-, diplo- | Two |
brady- | Slow |
circum- | Around |
de- | Away from |
dia-, trans- | Through |
dys- | Abnormal, painful, difficult |
ecto- | Outside |
endo- | Within |
epi- | Upon, over |
eu- | Normal, good |
ex-, exo-, extra- | Out of, away from, outside |
hemi-, semi- | Half |
Hyper-, poly- | Above normal, excessive |
hypo-, sub- | Below normal, below, underneath, inferior |
inter- | Between |
intra- | Within |
iso- | Same |
mal- | Bad, not adequate |
megalo-, mega-, macro- | Large, big |
micro- | Small, tiny |
mono- | One |
multi-, pluri- | Many |
oligo- | Few, scanty,sparse |
pan- | All |
peri- | Around |
post- | After, following |
quadra-, quadri- | Four |
re- | Again, backward |
super-, supra- | Above, superior, more |
tachy- | Fast, abnormally fast |
ultra- | Beyond |
uni- | One,single |
-ac,-al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ia, -ic, -ory,-ous, -tic | Pertaining to, condition (of) |
-ad | Toward |
-algia, -dynia | Pain |
-ase | Enzyme |
-asthenia | Weakness |
-blast | Baby, immature |
-cele | Hernia, abnormal protrusion |
-cide, -ectasis | Killing, destroying |
-crine | To secrete |
-cyte | Cell |
-derma | Skin |
-ectasia, -ectasis | Stretching, dilating |
-ectomy | Surgical removal |
-edema | Swelling, fluid accumulation |
-ema, -iasis, -ism, -lepsy, -osis | Condition, abnormal condition |
-emesis | Vomiting |
-emia | Blood |
-esthesia | Sensation, feeling |
-gen, -genesis, -genic | Producing, production, production of, formation |
-globing, -globulin | Protein |
-gram | Recording |
-graph | Instrument used to record |
-graphy | Process of recording |
-itis | Inflammation |
-kinesia, -kinesis | Movement |
-logist | One who studies |
-logy | The study of |
-lysis, -lytic | Destruction |
-malacia | Softening |
-mania, -manic | Abnormal preoccupation or obsession |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-meter, -metry | Measuring device, process of measuring |
-oid | Resembling |
-oma | Tumor |
-opia | Vision |
-ose | Sugar |
-ostomy | Formation of a new opening |
-para, -parous | Bearing, producing child |
-pathy | Disease |
-penia | Deficiency |
-pepsia | Digestion |
-pexy | Surgical fixation |
-phage, -phagy, -phagia | To eat or digest |
-phasia | Speaking |
-phil, -philia | To love |
-phobia | Abnormal fear |
-phrenia, -phrenic | Mind, diaphragm |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-plegia, -plegic | Paralysis |
-pnea | Breath or breathing |
-poiesis | Formation |
-ptosis | Sagging or drooping |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | Heavy discharge |
-rrhaphy | Suturing |
-rrhea | Discharge, flowing |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-scope, -scopy | Instrument, process of using the instrument |
-somnia | Sleep |
-stasis | Stopping |
-stenosis | Narrowing |
-stomy | Opening |
-tome | Instrument used for cutting |
-tomy | The process of cutting |
-trophic, -trophy | Nutrition |
-uria | Urine |
-version | Turning |
-phonia | Sound |