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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | without,lack of,absence of |
| ante- | before,forward,in front of |
| anter(i),anter(o) | front,forward |
| anti- | aganist |
| -ase | enzyme |
| audi(o) | hearing |
| cephal(o) | head |
| cerebr(o) | cerebrum,brain |
| cervic(o) | around,about,encirling |
| -coccus | 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,grapg,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 | destrction,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 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 |
| -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 |
| mommo(0) | 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 |