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white pre + suf
white module terminology suffixes + prefixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
-al | P2 |
-algia | pain |
-arche | beginning |
-ary | P2 |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ception | conceiving |
-cide | killing |
-cision | a cutting |
-cleisis | closure |
-continence | to hold back |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision; removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming, producing, origin |
-genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-grade | to go |
-gram | record, writing |
-gravida | pregnant woman |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic | P2 |
-ician | specialist |
-icterus | jaundice |
-ism | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-ization | process (of) |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition, incresae |
-para | to bear (offspring) |
-pathy | disease |
-pexy | fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-poiesis | formation, production |
-potence | power |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhapy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | tube |
-scope | instrument for examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spadias | slit, fissure |
-stenosis | narrowing; stricture |
-therapy | treatment |
-tocia | childbirth, labor |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-uria | urine |
-version | turning |
a-, an- | without, not |
ante- | before, in front of |
brachy- | short |
circum- | around |
contra- | against, opposite |
dia- | double |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
ec- | out, out from |
ecto- | outside, outward |
endo- | in, within |
epi- | above, upon |
hypo- | under, below, deficient |
im- | not |
in- | in, not |
multi- | many, much |
neo- | new |
nulli- | none |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
primi- | first |
pseudo- | false |
retro- | backward, behind |
tri- | three |
-schisis | a splitting |