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