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prefix and suffix medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an- | without, lacking ,deficient, not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad-, af- | toward, to ,near |
| ambi-, ampho-, amphi- | both, double |
| ana - | up, toward, apart |
| andro- | man |
| ante- | before, in front of, forward |
| anti-, ant - | against, opposing,preventing |
| ap-, apo- | separation from, derived from |
| aut-, auto- | self |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down, under, lower, against |
| circum- | around |
| co-, com-, con, | with |
| contra- | against, opposed |
| de- | down, from |
| dextro- | to the right |
| dia- | through, between,apart, across |
| dis- | apart, free from |
| dorso- | to the back |
| dys- | difficult,bad, painful, abnormal |
| e-,ec-,ef-, ex- | out of, from, away from |
| ect-, ecto-, exo- | outside of |
| -ac,-al-,-ic,-ar,-ial,-ary,-ous,-tic,-eal | pertaining, related to,located in |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ate | use, subject to |
| -atresia | absence of normal body opening |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | protrusion, hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cidal | killing |
| -clasia, clast | break |
| --cle,-cule,-ole,-ola, -ule,-ulum,-ulus | small |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| -coccus, -coccis | berry -shaped |
| -crit | to separate,secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| -drome | run, running |
| -dynia | pain |