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prefix/suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |