Prefixes/Suffixes for Nur-203
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| cele | hernia
Examples: rectocele, cystocele
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| centesis | puncture
Example: amniocentesis
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| esis, iasis | state or condition
Example: synthesis
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| osis, tion | pathological state
Examples: hypnosis, osmosis
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| gram | a tracing
Example: electrocardiogram
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| emesis | vomit
Example: cholemesis
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| pathy | disease
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| adeno | gland
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| rrhage, rhagia | excessive flow
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| myelo | marrow
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| chole | gall, bile
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| dys | difficult, bad, painful
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| ad | toward, to, near
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| ab, abs | away from
Example: abduct
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| a, an | negative, without, lack of
Example: atheist
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| cysto | bladder
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| oculo | eye
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| endo, end | within
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| megal, mega | large, great
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| mal | bad, poor, evil
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| macro | large, long, big
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| stomy | new opening, furnish with an outlet
Example: colostomy
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| stasis | halt, arrest
Example: bacteriostasis
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| rrhea, orrhea | to flow discharge
Example: diarrhea
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| rrhaphy | suturing in place
Example: gastrorrhaphy
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| ptosis | downward displacement
Example: nephroptosis
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| penia | lack, deficiency of
Example: thrombocytopenia
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| otomy | cutting, incision
Example: hysterectomy
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| megaly | large, enlargement, big
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| lupis | setting free
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| ize | to treat by special method
Example: specialize
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| neuro | nerve
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| os | mouth
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| osteo | bone
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| oto | ear
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| path, patho | disease
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| peri | around
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| pneu | air, lungs
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| poly | many, much
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| post | after
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| pre | before
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| pseud, pseudo | false
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| retro | backward
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| rhino | nose
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| sarco | flesh
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| semi | half
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| super, supra | above
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| tri | three
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| uni | one
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| uro | urinary, urinary organs
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| vaso | vessel
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| hemato, hemat, hem, hemo | blood
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| hemi | half
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| hepa, hepar, hepato | liver
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| hyper | above, excessive, greater than, over
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| hypo | under, less than normal
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| hystero | uterus
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| inter | between
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| intra | within
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| laryngo | larynx
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| ectomy | cutting out, removal excision
Example: hysterectomy
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| cyte | cell
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| aemia, emia | blood
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| algia, algesia, dynia | suffering, pain
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| arthro | joint
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| anti | against
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| amb, ambi | both
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| cephal | head
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| cardio | heart
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| brady | slow
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| brachy | short
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| bi | twice, two, double
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| lith | a stone
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| emia | blood
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| lith | stone or calculus
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| lysis | breaking down
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| oma | tumor
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| pnea | breathing
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| scopy | to see
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| ortho | straight, normal
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| pan | entire, all
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| stomato | mouth
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| sub | under, beneath
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| trans | across, through
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| itis, ites | inflammation
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| phage, phagia | to eat
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| uria | urine
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| myo | muscle
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| nephro | kidney
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| derma | skin
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| diplo | double
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| ecto, ect, exo | outer, outside
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| entero | intestine
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