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Ch. 3 Prefix/Suffix
Ch. 3 Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | not; without |
| ab- | away; away from |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| dorsi- | back |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| e-, ex- | out; away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above; efficient |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| in- | in; into; not |
| par-, para- | near; beside; alongside; beyond; normal |
| quadri- | four |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -ceps | head (attachments) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -esthenia | sensation |
| -gram | record;image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process; state |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tonia | tone; tension |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |