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Ch 4 Prefix/Suffix
Med Term: Musculoskeletal System Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -blast | immature |
| -clasia | to surgically break |
| -clast | broken |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | to fuse |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -logic | pertaining to study of |
| -phyte | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
| epi- | above |
| -oid | resembling |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -oma | tumor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopic | pertaining to visually examining |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| dis- | apart from |
| ex- | outward |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| per- | through |
| pre- | before |
| sub- | under |
| -penia | lack of, deficiency |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -dynia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| -tonia | tone |
| -trophic | pertaining to development |
| -trophy | development |
| a- | without |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | abnormal; difficulty |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | insufficient |
| poly- | many |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | again |
| ultra- | beyond |