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prefixes/suffixes
white mod prefix and suffix
Question | Answer |
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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 |