Ch. 2 - Common Suffixes and Prefixes
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| 4 modifications of suffixes | signifies med. condition, diagnostic term/procedure, med specialty or specialist, converts noun into adj.
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| arter | i, o; artery
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| spin | spine
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| ectasis | expansion, dilation
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| iasis | formation of
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| malacia | softening of
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| megaly | enlargement
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| oma | tumor
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| osis | abnormal condition
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| penia | reduction in size/quantity
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| plegia | paralysis
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| pnea | breathing
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| porosis | porous condition
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| ptosis | downward placement
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| rrhage | flowing forth
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| rrhexis | rupture
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| spasm | muscular contraction
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| centesis | surgical puncture
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| desis | surgical binding
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| ectomy | surgical removal
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| gram | written/pictorial record
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| graph | device for measuring
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| metry | act of measuring
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| pexy | surgical fixation
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| plasty | surgical repair
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| rrhaphy | suture
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| scopy | act of viewing
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| tomy | incision
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| tome | device for cutting
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| tripsy | crushing
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| ante | before
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| pre | before
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| brady | abnormally slow
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| tachy | abnormally fast
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| neo | new
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| post | after
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| ab | away from, beyond
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| ad | towards, near
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| con | with
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| sym | with
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| contra | against
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| ec/ecto | outside
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| en | inside
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| endo | within
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| epi | upon, following
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| extra | beyond
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| hyper | above normal
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| hypo | below normal
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| infra | inside, below
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| inter | between
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| intra | inside, within
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| meso | middle
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| meta | beyond
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| pan | all around, everywhere
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| para | alongside, like
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| peri | around
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| retro | backwards, behind
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| bi/di | two
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| hemi/semi | half
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| mono | one
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| olig | few
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| poly | many
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| quadri | four
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| tetra | four
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| cele | protrusion
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| cyte | cell
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| edema | fluid in intracellular tissues
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| emia | blood
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| emesis | vomiting
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| ism | condition of
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| lith | stone, calcification
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| lysis | disintegration
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| oid | resembling, like
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| osis | abnormal condition
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| phobia | fear
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| plasia | abnormal formation
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| pnea | respiration
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| poiesis | producing
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| rrhea | discharge
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| sclerosis | hardness
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| stasis | unchanging
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| stenosis | blocked, narrowed
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