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Suffix/Prefix
Suffixes and prefixes for nursing fundamentals lpn term 1, Hondros College
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- an- | without |
| anti- contra- | against/opposed to |
| de- | from/down/or not |
| mal- | bad/inadequate |
| dys- | painful/difficult |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to/toward/or near |
| circum- peri- | around |
| dia- trans- | across/through |
| e- ec- ex- | out/away |
| ecto- exo- extra- | outside |
| en- endo- intra- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| inter- | between |
| iso- | equal |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond/after/change |
| para- | alongside of/beside |
| retro- | backward/behind |
| sub- infra- | below/under |
| peri- | around |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two or both |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| macro- | large or long |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| oligo- | few or deficient |
| pan- | all |
| poly-, multi- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| super-, supra- | above or excessive |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after or behind |
| re- | again or back |
| con-, syn-, sym- | together or with |
| dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
| eu- | good or normal |
| neo- | new |
| tox- | poisonous |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -genesis | origin or production |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | formation or presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia, -phage | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -phil, -philia | attraction for |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic, -ory, -ical, -ia | pertaining to |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | excision (removal) |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -ation | process |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -ia, -ism | condition of |
| -y | condition or process of |
| -ium | structure or tissue |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iatrics, -iatry | treatment |
| -logy | study |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | process of examination |
| -sis;-iasis;-asis | indicating condition of or state of |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | nourishment or growth |
| -uria | urine |
| -cide, -cidal | destroying, killing |
| -clast, -clasis | breaking |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| -plasm, -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
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