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Term | Definition |
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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 |