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Suffixes and Prefix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | not, without |
| aut- auto- | self, own |
| dia- | complete, through |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | on, over, upon |
| ex- exo- | out, outside of, outward |
| hyper- | above, above normal, excessive |
| hypo- | below, below normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| -ac, -al, -ar,-ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| --itis | inflammation |
| --logist | specialist |
| --logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -sis | process of viewing, observation |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |