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Cricks_Prefix-Suiffi
2012 set of prefix-suffix terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, lack of, absence of |
| ante- | before, forward, in front of |
| anter(i), anter(o) | front, forward |
| anti- | against |
| -ase | enzyme |
| audi(o) | hearing |
| cephal(o) | brain (not head) |
| cerebr(o) | cerebrum, brain |
| cervic(o) | neck, cervix |
| circum- | around, about, encircling |
| -coccus, -cocci | bacterium, bacteria |
| contra- | against |
| diplo- double, twofold | |
| dors(o) | back dorsal |
| dys- | difficult, abnormal, bad, painful |
| -ectomy | excision, excise, to cut out |
| encephal(o) | brain, inside the head |
| endo- | inside, inner, within |
| epi- | outer, upon |
| eu- | normal, easy, good |
| extra- | outside, beyond |
| ger(o) | old age |
| -gram | picture, graph, record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of making an image |
| mal- | bad, abnormal |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, sagging, sagged |
| pyr-, pyro- | fever, fire |
| -tomy | incision, incise, to cut into |
| lapar(o) | abdomen |
| -logist | one who studies or specializes |
| -lysis | destruction, dissolution, breakdown |
| -osis | condition, increase |
| poly- | much, many |
| thorac(o) | chest, thorax |
| later(o) | side lateral |
| -logy | the study of |
| mast(o) | breast, mammary gland |
| -meter | instrument to measure or count |
| -metry | process of measuring or counting |
| myc(o) | fungus, fungi |
| non- | not |
| ophthalm(o) | eye |
| ot(o) | ear |
| para- | beside, near, beyond, abnormal |
| -phobia | fear |
| physi(o) | body function |
| -plasia | development, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| pod(o) | foot |
| post- | after |
| presby(o) | old age |
| psych(o) | mind, mental |
| radi(o) | x-ray |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| semi- | half, partly, partially |
| sub- | under, below |
| supra- | above, over, at the top of |
| -trophy | development, growth, nutrition |
| hemi- | half |
| iso- | equal, same |
| peri- | near, around, surrounding |
| hypo- | deficient, low, below, down |
| -iasis | condition of disease |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, inside |
| megalo- | large, enlarged |
| homo- | same, alike |
| hydr | water |
| hydro- | water |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| -itis | inflammation |
| mamm(o) | breast, mammary gland |
| –megaly | enlargement |
| –opia | vision |
| -penia | deficiency, low number |
| -pexy | fixation |
| poster(i), poster(o) | back, behind |
| retro- | behind, backward, in back of |
| -scope | instrument used to exam or look |
| -scopy | process of examining |
| syn- | together, with, joined, fused |
| tox-, toxi-, toxo- | poison toxin, toxic, |
| trans- | across, over, through |
| hyper- | excessive, high, above, upward |
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