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Suffixes and prefixe
meaning
Question | Answer |
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-ac , -al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in |
-globin | protein |
-gram | record |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | process of study |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining |
-sis | state of; condition |
-otomy | process of cutting, incision |
a-, -an | no, not, without |
aut-, auto- | self, own |
Dia- | complete |
Endo- | within |
Epi- | above, upon |
ex-, exo- | out, outside of, outward |
Hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
Hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
In- | into, in |
Peri- | surrounding, around |
Pro- | - before, forward |
Retro- | behind |
Sub- | below, under |
Trans- | across, through |