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Mrs.Brown A&P
Mrs. Brown's A&P Prefixes/Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an-, ar- | without; lack of |
| ab | away from |
| ad | to; toward |
| ambi | both |
| amphi | both sides |
| ana | up; apart |
| ante | before; in front of; forward |
| anter/o | in front, before |
| anti | against |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar` |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| cata | down |
| circim | around |
| co, com, con | together |
| contra | against; opposite |
| de | lack of; down; away from |
| dextr/o | right side |
| di | two |
| dia | between; through; complete |
| dipl, dipl/o | double, two fold |
| dors/o | back |
| dys | painful; difficult, bad |
| ex, ec | out, out from |
| exct/o, exo, extra | outside, outward |
| em, en | in |
| endo | within |
| epi | upon, above |
| eu | good; normal |
| extra | outside |
| hemi | half |
| heter/o | different |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| homo | same |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper | above; excessive; beyond |
| hypo | below; deficient; under |
| in, im | not, in |
| infra | below; inferior to |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| is/o | equal |
| later/o | side |
| macro | large; visible to the naked eye |
| mal | bad |
| meso, med, medi | middle |
| meta | change; beyond, after, over |
| micro | small; not visible to the nake eye |
| mon/o | one |
| multi | many, much |
| neo | new |
| pachy | thick |
| pan | all |
| para | beside along side; near |
| per | through |
| peri | around; surronunding |
| poly | many, much |
| post | after; behind |
| poster/o | posterior, behind, toward the back |
| pre | before; in front of |
| primi | first |
| pro | before |
| pseud/o | false |
| quad, quadri | four |
| re | back; again |
| retro | behind; backward |
| scler/o | hard |
| semi | part of; half |
| sinistr/o | left side |
| sub | under; below |
| super | above, upper, excessive |
| supra | above; upon |
| sym, syn | together, with, joined |
| tachy | fast |
| tetra | four |
| trans | across, through |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond; in excess |
| uni | one |
| algesia | pain |
| algia | pain |
| arche | beginning |
| ase | enzyme |
| asthenia | weakness |
| capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cele | hernia; protrusion; swelling |
| centesis | puncture |
| cide | to kill |
| clasis | break, fracture |
| clysis | injection |
| crit | to seperate |
| cusis | hearing |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyte | cell |
| desis | fixation, binding (of a bone or joint) |
| dynia | pain |
| ectasis | dialtion; stretching, expasion |
| ectomy | removal; excision |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood |
| gen | born or producing |
| genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin |
| glia | glue |
| globin | protein |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| gram | record, a writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia | condition |
| iasis | abnormal condition (usually produced by s'thing specific) |
| ic | pertaining to |
| icle | small |
| ist | one who specializes |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesis | movement, motion |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breaking up; seperation, destruction |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | madness |
| megaly | enlargement |
| metry | act of measuring |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| mnesia | memory |
| oid | like; resembling |
| ole | small |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision |
| osis | abnormal (morbid) condition, increase (used primarily w/ blood cells) |
| para | to bear (offspring) |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease; emotion |
| penia | deficiency, decrease |
| pexy | fixation, to put in place (of an organ) |
| phagia | eat; swallow |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction for |
| phobia | fear of |
| phonia | sound; voice |
| plasia | development; formation, growth |
| plasm | formation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation, production |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rrhea | flow; discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument for visual examination |
| scopy | visual inspection |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stasis, static | stopping; control, standing still |
| stenosis | stricture, narrowing |
| stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
| therapy | treatment |
| tome | instrument for cutting |
| tomy | incision, cut into |
| toxic | poison |
| tripsy | crushing |
| trophy | noursihment development |
| ula | small |
| ule | small |
| uria | urine |
| version | to turn |
| y | process |