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Yellow Mod pre/suffi
Yellow Mod - prefix and suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, not |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| endo- | within; in |
| eu- | good, normal |
| extra- | outside; outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| peri- | around |
| tachy- | rapid |
| trans- | across |
| -algia | pain |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| -crasia | mixture, blending |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -fusion | pour |
| -gram | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition of, pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | destruction, seperation, loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement of |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -osmia | smell |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| -pexy | surgical fixation (of an organ) |
| -phage | cell that destroys, eating, swallowing |
| -phonia | voice |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping, sagging |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhaphy | a suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling, standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | artificail opening |
| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
| -tomy | incision |
| -crasis | mixture, blending |
| -necrosis | death |
| -pnenia | deficiency of |
| al- | pertaining to |
| ar- | pertaining to |