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Cricks_Prefix-Suiffi
2012 set of prefix-suffix terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |