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Suffixes and Combos.
Suffixes and Combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -itis | inflammation |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| -pathy | disease process |
| -osis | degenerative or abnormal condition |
| -oma | swelling or tumor |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -opsy | to view |
| -scope | instrument to examine |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -ectomy | to cut out or remove |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | early stage |
| -cyte | cell |
| -genesis | formation or production |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| cephal/o | head |
| hem/o or hemat/o | blood |
| -philia | too many |
| peri- | around |
| hyper- | too many, much |
| endo- | inside |
| oligo- | too little |
| lip/steat/adip/o | fat |
| hydr/o | water |
| necr/o | death |
| path/o | disease |
| phob/ | fear |
| py/o | pus |
| tox/o or toxic/o | poison |
| derm/o | skin |
| arthr/o | joint |
| oste/o | bone |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| cervic/o | neck |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| hepat/o | liver |
| odont/o | tooth |
| stomat/stoma | mouth |
| rhin/o or nas/o | nose |
| nephr/o or ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| a-,an- | absence of |
| anti- | opposite of opposed |
| contra- | against |
| de- | away from, cessation |
| dis- | separation, take apart |
| dys- | bad or difficult |
| un- | one |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| polio- | grey |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dia- | through, during, across, |
| ex-, ec-, ef- | out away from |
| per- | through |
| retro- | posterior |
| sub- | below |
| trans- | across |
| pan- | all, complete |
| super- | above, in excess |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| auto- | self |
| eu- | true, good, well |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- or homeo- | same |
| iso- | equal |
| macro- | large |
| mega-, megalo | enlargement |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| normo- | normal |
| orthro- | straight, or correct |
| poikilo- | irregular |
| pseudo- | false or fake |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| lepto- | slender, light |
| pachy- | thick |
| re- | again, backward |
| ante- | in front of, |
| ana- | back, again, up |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| post- | after, behind |
| dextro- | right side |
| sinistro- | left |
| epi- | outside of, upon |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between, among |
| mes/o | middle |
| meta- | after or behind |
| para- | along side |
| peri- | around |
| syn-, sym- | likeness, together |
| tel/e, tel/o | distance |
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