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Ch 1 : 53- 54
Prefix and Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- : Not | -ac: Pertaining to |
| ab- : Away | -al : Pertaining to |
| ad-: Toward | -algia : Pain |
| an- : Not | -ar, -ary : Pertaining to |
| ante- : Before | -cele : Hernia |
| anti- : Against | -centesis: Puncture |
| bi- : Two | -desis: Binding |
| brady- : Slow | -dynia: Pain |
| circum- ; Around | -eal : Pertaining to |
| con- : With, Together | -ectomy : Removal |
| contra-: Against | -emia : Blood Condition |
| de- : Down, Away From | -gram: Written Record |
| dia- : Through | -graph: Instrument used to produce to record |
| dys- : Bad | -graphy: Writing procedure |
| e- : Out | -ia : Condition |
| ec-: Out | -iasis: Presence of |
| ecto- : Outside | -iatrics: Medical Science |
| en- : In, Inside | -iatrist: Specialist in Medicine of |
| endo- : In, Inside | -iatry: Medical Science |
| epi- : Upon | -ic : Pertaining to |
| eu- Good | -icle: Small |
| ex- : Out | -ism : Condition |
| exo- : Outside | -ist: Specialist |
| extra-: Outside | -itis: inflammation |
| hemi- : Half | -ium : Tissue, Structure |
| hyper- : Over | -logist: Specialist in the study of |
| hypo- : Under | -logy: Study of |