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prefix/suffix
Question | Answer |
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tomy | process of cutting |
stomy | new opening |
ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
plasty | surgical repair |
pexy | fixation; to put in place |
logy | study (process of) |
itis | inflammation |
dynia | pain |
algia | pain |
osis | condition; usually abnormal |
sis | state of; condition |
scope | instrument for visual examination |
scopy | visual examination |
gram | record |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
cyte | cell |
cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
cyt/o | cell |
cepahl/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
encepahl/o | brain |
nephr/o | kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
a- | no; not; without |
an- | no; not; without |
ana- | up; apart; backward; again; anew |
inter | between |
intra | within; into |
ante | before; forward |
anti | against |
dys | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
per | through |
peri | surrounding |