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Lesson 2-Prefix/Suff
The Musculoskeletal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| bi- | twice, double, two |
| dys- | bad, difficult, or painful |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -plegia | aralysis, stroke |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| tri- | three |
| -ectomy | Surgical excision (removal) |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -listhesis | Slipping |
| -lysis | Loosening or setting free |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| -necrosis | Tissue death |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -porosis | Porous condition |
| -rrhaphy | Surgical suturing |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -tomy | Cutting into the organ or area |
| -ium/-ia | Abnormal condition, disease |