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Prefix & Suffixes
Charmaine's Prefixes & Suffixes
| Prefix/Suffix | Definition |
|---|---|
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -plasty | repair |
| -centisis | puncture |
| -pexy | fixation; suspension |
| -tomy | cut into; incision |
| -desis | binding; stabilization |
| -lysis | to loosen form; destruction |
| -clasis | refracture; breakdown |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| Neuro- | nerve |
| Histo- | tissue |
| Somat- | body |
| Kary- | necleus |
| Cyto- | cell |
| Path- | disease |
| Myo- | muscle |
| -Metry | measurement of |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -graphy | act of recording |
| -scope | to look into; view |
| -gram | record data |
| -scopy | examination of |
| -stomy | mouth; forming an opening |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -malacia | softening |
| -ectasis | expansion |
| -dynia | pain |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -cele | hernia |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -ptosis | drooping: prolapse |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -gen | producing |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -iasis | condition of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -osis | condition |
| -emia | blood |
| -algia | pain |
| phasia | speech |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -phobia | fear |
| tachy | rapid; fast |
| dextro | right |
| circum | around |
| dis | apart |
| trans | across; through |
| ambi | both; double |
| pan | all |
| dors | back |
| prot | first |
| poly | many |