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Science: Pre/sufixes
human body things
Question | Answer |
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-al | signifying |
arthro- | joint |
cardio- | heart |
-crania | skull; head |
derm- | skin |
dorso- | back |
-emia | condition of the blood |
-esthesia | nervous sensation |
histo- | tissue |
-ior | referring to |
leuco- | white |
neur(o)- | nerve |
-orexia | appetite |
-otomy | to cut or slice |
peri- | about or around |
poly- | many |
scoli- | bent |
an- | not; without |
athero- | plaque |
caud- | tail; lower part of body |
-cyte, -cyto | cell |
dia- | pass through |
dys- | abnormal |
enter(o)- | intestine |
gastro- | stomach |
hypo- | under; below |
-itis | infection; inflammation |
-lexia | word |
-ology (ist) | the study of |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-oxia | oxygen |
phlebo- | vein |
poster- | behind |
therm(y)- | temperature or heat |
anter- | before |
aut- | self; own |
cephal- | head |
dactyl- | finger |
dist- | far; distant |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
erythro- | red |
hemi- | half |
-ic | pertaining to |
laryng- | voice box |
lob- | brain |
-opsy | view of |
osteo- | bone |
para- | near |
-plegic | paralysis |
-sclerosis | hardening |
ventr- | belly side |