Prefixes, suffixes by lilk8tob
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| a-, an- | no, not without
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| ab- | away from
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| ad- | toward
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| aero- | air
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| ambi- | both or both sides, around about
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| aniso- | unequal
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| ante-, pre-, pro- | before
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| anti-, contra- | against
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| bi-, di-, diplo- | two
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| brady- | slow
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| cyano- | blue
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| de- | down, from, revision or removing, take away
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| dia- | through
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| dys- | bad, difficulty
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| ecto-, ex-, xo- | out, without, away from
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| en-, endo- | inside
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| api- | above, upon
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| erythro- | red
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| eu- | normal, good, easy
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| extra- | outside, addition, beyond
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| hemi-, semi- | half, partly
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| hemo- | blood
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| hetero- | different
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| homo- | same
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| hydro- | water
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| hpyer- | excessive or abnormally high
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| hypo- | beneath, below normal, less than or under
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| in- | not, in, inside, or within
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| infra- | below, under, inferior, beneath, after
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | within
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| ipsi- | same
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| iso- | equal, same
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| lip- | fat
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| macro-, megalo- | large, enlarged
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| mal- | bad
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| melano- | black
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| meso- | middle
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| micro- | small
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| mono-, uni- | one, single
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| multi-, poly- | many, much
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| nulli- | none
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| pan- | all, every
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| para- | near, beside, abnormal
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| per- | through, by
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| peri- | around
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| post- | after, behind
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| primi- | first
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| py(o)- | pus
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| quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four
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| retro- | behind, backward
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| sub- | under, below
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| super-, supra- | above, beyond
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| tachy- | fast
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| trans- | across
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| tri- | three
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| ultra- | beyond, excess
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| uni- | one
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| -able, -ible, -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal | capable of
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| -algia | pain
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -cele | hernia
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -cidal | killing
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| -crine | secrete
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| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation, stretching
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| -ectomy | excision
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| -edema | swelling
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| -emia | blood
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -genic | produced by or produced in
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| -gram | a ercord
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| -graph | recording instrument
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| -graphy | process or recording
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| -ia, -iasis | condition
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| -ic, -ive, -tic | pertaining to
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| -iac | one who suffers
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| -ism | condition or theory
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| -ist | one who
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -ium | membrane
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| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -logist | one who studies, specialist
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| -logy | study of, science of
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| -ly | act or process or condition
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| -lysis, -lysin, -lytic | dissolving, destruction, freeing
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| -malacia | softening
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| -maina | excessive preoccupation
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| -megaly | large or enlarged
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| -meter | instrument used to measure
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| -metry | process of measuring
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ole | little
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia | vision
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| -orexia | appetite
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| -ose | sugar
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| -osis | condition
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| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by
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| -pathy | disease
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| -para | female who has given birth
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| --phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing
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| -phasia | speech
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| -phibia | abnormal fear
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -ptosis | sagging, prolapse
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| -rrhage, -orrhagia | excessive bleeding
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -schisis | split, cleft
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| -sclerosis | hard, hardening
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| -scope | instrument used for viewing
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| -scopy | process of visually examining
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| -spasm | twitching, cramp
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -stomy | formation of an opening
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| -tome | instrument used for cutting
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| -tomy | incision
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| -tripsy | surgical cushing
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| -trophic, -trophy | nutrition, development
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| -uria | urine or urination
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| -y | condition, procedure
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