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merrill review MA
MA language review
Question | Answer |
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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 |