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MA language review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, | toward, increasing |
| alb- | white |
| ambi- | both |
| ana- | up, upward, toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two, both |
| bio- | life |
| circum- | around |
| con-, col-, com-, cor-, | together, with |
| contr- | against |
| de- | away from, down, not |
| dia- | through |
| dis- | apart, separate |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, poor |
| ec- | out, away |
| ecto- | outside |
| en-, em- | in |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon, over |
| ex-, e- | out, away |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, beyond |
| hypo- | below, under |
| in-, il-, im-, ir- | not |
| infra- | below, under, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | equal |
| juxta- | near, beside |
| mal- | bad |
| mega-, megal-/o | large |
| mes- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, after |
| micro- | small |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| mono- | one, single |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new, recent |
| non- | not |
| para- | near, beside, beyond, opposite, abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| re- | again, back |
| retro- | back, backward, behind |
| rube- | red |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under, below, |
| super- | above, excessive |
| supra- | above, over |
| syn-, sym- | together |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -form | resembling, like |
| -genic | beginning, originating, produced |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | condition, formatiom |
| -iatric | pertaining to medical treatment |
| -iatry | study or field of medicine |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | infalmmation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | destruction, breaking down |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -osis | condition, disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -philia | attraction |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasia | development |
| -plasty | molding, surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse, falling |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | discharge, excessive flow |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | process of viewing with a scope |
| -stasis | standing still, control, stoppage |
| -stomy | surgical creation of a new opening (outside of the body) |
| -tomy | incision, cutting |