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Medical Terminology: Prefixes/Suffixes

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Prefix/Suffix
Meaning
a-, an-   show
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show away from  
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show near, toward  
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algia   show
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show before  
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anti-   show
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show two, double  
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brady   show
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show around  
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show together with  
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show down, away from  
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desis   show
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show through  
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show abnormal, difficult  
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ecto-   show
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show excision, removal of  
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endo-   show
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show on top of, outer, over  
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show away from  
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extra   show
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show iron  
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show before  
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show shape of  
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show writing, record, picture  
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hemi-   show
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hydra-, hydro-   show
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show above  
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show below  
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show condition of  
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show medicine, treatment  
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-ic   show
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show between  
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show within  
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show condition of  
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show inflammation  
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show near  
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kinesis   show
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show humped  
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-logia, -logy   show
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show breakdown, disintegration  
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show large  
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malacia   show
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show middle  
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mega, megaly   show
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show small  
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mono-   show
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show many  
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show new  
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ob-   show
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-oid   show
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show few  
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show tumor  
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-osis   show
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show incision, cut  
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pachy   show
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para-   show
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show disease  
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show lack of, deficiency  
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peri-   show
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show fixation, suspension  
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-phobia   show
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-phoresis   show
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show plastic surgical correction  
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show paralysis, stroke  
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show many  
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post   show
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show before  
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pro-   show
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show false  
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show drooping, falling  
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re-   show
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show backwards, behind  
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show stitch, suture  
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-rhexis   show
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show examine  
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show half  
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show pulse  
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show below  
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show above  
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show together with  
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tachy-   show
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show distance  
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show poison, toxic  
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tri-   show
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show above  
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show one  
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show foreign  
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show dry  
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show white  
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show green  
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show color  
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cirrhos   show
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show blue  
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show red  
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show white  
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melano   show
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polio   show
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purpura   show
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rhodo   show
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show red  
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xantho   show
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