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Jorden Empson A&P
Prefixes and Suffixes extra credit.
| 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) | Head |
| cerebr(o) | Cerebrum, brain |
| cervic(o) | Neck, cervix |
| circum- | Around, about, encircling |
| -coccus, -cocci | Bacterium, bacteria |
| contra- | Against |
| diplo- | Double, twofold |
| dors(o) | Dorsal, back |
| 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, thorac |
| 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(o) | 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 examine 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 |