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Chapter 15
suffixes and prefixes
Term | Definition |
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-blast | embryonic or immature cell |
-clast | to break |
-listhesis | slipping |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | to grow |
-porosis | pore, passage |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-asthenia | lack of strength |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
dorsi- | back |
poly- | many, much |