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MT Short Course Ch1a
Basic Word Structure - Suffixes and Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | cutting out; removal, excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting into; incision |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| aut- | self |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult; abnromal |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal, too much |
| hypo- | below, less than normal, under |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |