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perfix's
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| path/o (pathy) | disease, suffering, feeling, and emotion |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| pre | before |
| nat | birth |
| peri | surrounding |
| post | after |
| my/o | muscle |
| dia | through |
| hem/o | blood |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward or in the direction of |
| dys | bad, difficult, or painful |
| eu | good, normal, well, or easy |
| hyper | excessive or increased |
| hypo | deficient or decreased |
| inter | between or among |
| intra | within or inside |
| sub | under, less, or below |
| super-, supra- | above or excessive |
| end | within |
| myc/c | funcus |
| neo | new |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, which is part of the kidney |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever or fire |
| vir | virus or poison |
| ventr | belly side of the body |
| dors | back of the body |
| anter | front or before |
| poster | back or toward the back |
| caud | tail or lower part of the body |
| home/o | constant |
| hypo | below |
| epi | above |
| carcin | cancerous |
| ana | excessive |
| exo | out of |
| endo | within |
| eti | cause |
| pei | above |
| dem | population |
| pan | entire |
| idi/o | peculiar to the individual |
| electr/o | electric |