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Prefixes/Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ab- | away from |
| Ad- | towards |
| Dys- | difficult, painful, or bad |
| Endo- | Within or inside |
| Hyper- | higher, elevated |
| Sub- | below, under, less |
| A-, An- | Without, no |
| Eu- | good, easy, normal |
| Ex-, Exo- | without, outside, away from |
| Ecto- | Outside |
| Hypo- | lower, depressed, less than normal |
| Intra- | within |
| Oligo- | scant/little |
| Super-, Supra- | above, beyond, excess |
| Epi- | upper |
| Extra- | outside |
| Infra- | below/beneath |
| Meta- | beyond |
| Per- | throughout |
| trans- | across |
| Ultra- | above, increased |
| -stomy | surgically create an opening |
| -ectomy | surgically remove |
| -pexy | suture to stabalize |
| -plasty | surgically repair |
| -tomy | cutting into |
| -centesis | surgically puncture |
| -gram | record of |
| -graphy | procedure that records |
| -lysis | separation or breakdown |
| -graph | instrument that records |
| -algia/-dynia | pain |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -ion | action or process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ive | preforms, tends toward |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -um | structure |
| -us | thing |
| -rraphy | to suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhage | burst fourth |