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Science: Pre/sufixes
human body things
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -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 |