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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-an | without,or not having |
| anti | against |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| cata | down,under |
| contra | against,opposed |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| de | remove,take away |
| dis | apart from |
| dolich/o | long |
| dys | difficult,painful |
| e,ec,ex | out of,from,away |
| eu | normal,good |
| glyc/o | sugar,sweet |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hydr/o | water,fluid |
| hyper | high,excessive |
| hypo | low,insufficient |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad,poor |
| meg/o | large,oversized |
| micro | small |
| necr/o | death |
| neo | new |
| olig/o | few,little |
| pan | all,entire |
| poly | many,much |
| psendo | false |
| py/o | pus |
| tachy | fast,rapid |
| ur/e | urine,urea |
| centesis | to puncture, withdrawal of substances |
| ectomy | to excise or surgically remove |
| ize | use,subject to |
| pexy | fixation or suturing,type of repair |
| plasty | to shape |
| rrhaphy | to surgically repair by joining a seam |
| stormy | to make a new |
| tomy | to incise or cut into |
| algia | pain |
| emesis | vomit |
| emia | blood condition |
| esis | infestion |
| genesis | development |
| ism | a state, condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| megaly | englarged |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| path,pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency or lack of |
| phase | eating |
| phobia | abnormal fear |
| pasia | forming,growing |
| pnea | breathing |
| rrhea | flow,discharge |