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prefixes/suffixes
white mod prefix and suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | without,lack of |
| -al,-ar,-ary | pertaining to |
| ectomy | excision,surgical removal of |
| ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -algia | pain |
| cele | hernia,swelling,herniation |
| -arche | beginning |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break,surgical fracture |
| -para | to bear |
| -oma | tumor |
| malacia | softening |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| dys | bad,painful,difficult |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectasis | dilation,expansion |
| endo | within |
| megaly | enlargement |
| rrhea | dicharge,flow |
| ism | condition,process |
| pathy | disease |
| peri | around |
| epi | upon,on |
| rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| -genesis | formation,production,origin |
| tomy | incision |
| itis | inflammation |
| gram | record,writing |
| triptor | instrument to crush |
| ptosis | drooping,sagging,prolapse |
| graphy | process of recording |
| gravida | pregnancy |
| hyper | excessive |
| pexy | fixation,suspension,put in place |
| scopy | visual examination |
| hypo | deficiency,less than |
| iasis | abnormal condition of |
| inter | between |
| juxta | beside,next to |
| poly | many,much |
| lacti | milk |
| lysis | destruction,seperation,loosening |
| metry | act of measuring |
| multi | many,most |
| phobia | fear |
| primi | first |
| salpinx | fallopian tubes |
| schisis | splitting |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| tocia | childbirth,labour |
| tripsy | crushing |
| uria | urine |
| version | act of learning |
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