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Prefix, suffix
medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -gram | written record |
| post- | After |
| -tomy | Surgical incision |
| pre- | before |
| -algia | pain |
| -theorapy | treatment |
| dys- | Difficult, panful, bad |
| peri- | around |
| ren/o | Kidney |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -scope | Instrument for visual examination |
| hyper- | increase more than normal |
| hypo- | Decrease, less than normal |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -lysis | dissolution, breakdown, seperate |
| sub- | under, beneath |
| poly- | many |
| olig/o | scant/little |
| -uria | pertaining to the urin |
| cyst/o | pertaining to the bladder |
| -al; -ary; -ar; -ic | suffix for pertaining to |
| cardio- | Heart |
| osteo- | Bones |
| arthr/o- | Joints |