medical prefixes and suffixes
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| -A | No,not,without
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| -Algia | Pain
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| -ase | Enzyme
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| -atrophy | Shrink
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| -carcinoma | Cancer
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| De- | Lack of
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| Dys- | Difficulty
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| -emia | Blood
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| -genesis | To form, make or beginning
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| Hemo-/hema- | Blood
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| Hyper- | High or above
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| Hypo- | Below or low
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| -itis | Inflammation or infection
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| -lysis | Breakdown
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| Macro- | Large
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| -malacia | Soft
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| -megaly | Enlargement
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| Micro- | Small
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| -oma | Tumor
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| -osis/iasis | Abnormal condition
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| Poly- | Many
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| -sis | State of condition
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| -sthenia | Strenth
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| -trophy | Nourishment or development
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| -logy | Study of
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| -rrhea | Discharge
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| -plasty | Repair
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| -otomy | To cut ; making an incision
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| -stomy | Surgical opening or an artifical opening
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| -ectomy | Excision or remove
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| -rraphy | To sew or suture
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| -pexy | To fix
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| -centesis | To puncture
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| ADEN/O- | GLAND
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| ARTHR/O- | JOINT
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| BI/O- | LIFE
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| CARCIN/O- | CANCER
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| CARDI/O- | HEART
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| CEPHAL/O- | HEAD
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| CEREBR/O- | CEREBRUM (LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN)
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| CIS/O | TO CUT
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| CRIN | SECRETE( TO GIVE OFF)
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| CYST | URINARY BLADDER
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| CYT/O | CELL
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| DERM | SKIN
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| DERMAT | SKIN
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| ELECTRO | ELECTRICITY
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| ENCEPHAL | BRAIN
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| ENTER/O | INTESTINES
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| ERYTHR | RED
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| GASTR | STOMACH
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| GNOS | KNOWLEDGE
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| GYNEC | WOMAN,FEMALE
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| HEMAT | BLOOD
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| HEM | HEMATOMA
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| HEPAT | LIVER
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| IATR | TREATMENT
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| LEUK | WHITE
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| NEPHR | KIDNEY
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| NEUR | NERVE
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| ONC | TUMOR
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| OPHTHALM | EYE
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| OSTE | BONE
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| PATH | DISEASE
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| PED | CHILD
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| PSYCH | MIND
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| RADI/O | X-RAYS
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| REN | KIDNEY
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| RHIN | NOSE
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| SARC | FLESH
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| SEC | TO CUT
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| THROMB/O | CLOT, BLOOD CLOTTING
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| UR | URINARY TRACT, URINE
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| -AC | PERTAINING TO
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| -AL | PERTAINING TO
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| -ALGIA | PAIN
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| -CYTE | CELL
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| -ECTOMY | EXCISION, REMOVAL
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| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION
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| -GENIC | PERTAINING TO/PRODUCING/PRODUCED BY/ OR PRODUCED IN
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| -GRAM | RECORD
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| -IC,-ICAL | PERTAINING TO
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| -ION | PROCESS
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| -IST | SPECIALIST
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| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION
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| -LOGY | STUDY OF
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| -OMA | TUMOR/ MASS/ SWELLING
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| -OPSY | PROCESS OF VIEWING
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| -PATHY | DISEASE CONDITION
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| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE
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| -SCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUALLY EXAMINING
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| -SIS | STATE OF
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| -TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING / INCISION
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| -Y | PROCESS, CONDITION
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| A- /AN- | NO , NOT , WITHOUT
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| AUTO- | SELF
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| DIA- | THROUGH, COMPLETE
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| ENDO- | WITHIN
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| EPI- | ABOVE, UPON
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| EX- | OUT
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| EXO- | OUT
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| HYPER- | EXCESSIVE , ABOVE, MORE THAN NORMAL
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| HYPO- | DEFICIENT ,BELOW , LESS THAN NORMAL
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| IN- | INTO , IN
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| PERI- | SURROUNDING , AROUND
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| PRO- | BEFORE
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| RE- | BACK , BACKWARD, AGAIN
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| RETRO- | BEHIND
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| SUB- | BELOW , UNDER
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| TRANS- | ACROSS, THROUGH
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| Oto | Ear
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| Rhino | Nose
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| Plasty | Repair
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| Sclerosis | Hardnening
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| Malacia | Softening
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| Phleb | Vein
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| Angio | Blood vessel
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| Thorax | Chest
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| Pneumo | Lung
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| Myo | Muscle
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| Myelo | Spinal cord
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| Abscess | Pus
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| Pulmonary | Lungs
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| Endo | Inner lining
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| Peri | Membrane surrounding
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