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Prefixes & Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ia | Condition of, Diseased or Abnormal State |
-iac, -ic, -ior | Pertaining to |
-ism | State of |
-itia, -itis | Inflammation |
-logy | Study of |
-lyte | Dissolvable |
-lytic | Destroy; Reduce |
-mania | Madness or Insane Desire |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-meter | Instrument Used to Measure |
-odia | Smell |
-ologist | One who Studies and Practices |
-oma | Tumor or Swelling |
-opia | Vision |
-opsy | To View |
-orrhea | Flow, Excessive Discharge |
-orrhexis | Rupture |
-osis | Abnormal Increase in Production |
-ostomy | Creation of an Artificial Opening |
-otomy | Cut into orIncision |
-oxia | Oxygen |
-pathy | Disease |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-scope | Instrument Used for Visual Examination |
-scopy | Visual Examination |
-sepsis | Infection |
-spasm | Sudden Involuntary Muscle Contraction |
-stasis | Control or Stop |
-tomy | Cutting |
-tropic | Influencing |
A-, An- | Without or Absence of |
Ab- | From or Away |
Ad- | To or Towards |
Ana- | Up |
Ante- | Before |
Anti- | Against |
Append- | To Hang Something |
Bi-, Bin- | Two |
Brady- | Slow |
Contra- | Against |
Di- | Two |
Dis- | To Undo; Free From |
Ecto-, Exo-, Extra- | Outside |
Endo- | Within |
Epi- | Upon |
Erythr- | Red |
Glyc- | Sweet |
Hyper- | Over |
Hypo- | Beneath; Below |
Im- | Not |
Infra- | Under |
Inter- | Between |
Intra- | Inside |
Iso- | Equal |
Macro- | Large |
Mal- | Bad |
Meso- | Middle |
Meta- | Change |
Micro- | Small |
Mono- | One |
Multi- | Many |
Mut- | After |
Neo- | New |
Para- | Beside |
Patho- | Disease |
Peri- | Surrounding |
Poly- | Many |
Post- | After |
Pre- | Before |
Pseudo- | False |
Re- | Backward or Behind |
Retro- | Back, Again |
Semi- | Half |
Sub- | Under or Below |
Super- | Beyond; Excess |
Syn- | Together or Joined |
Tachy- | Fast |
Tetra- | Four |
Trans- | Through, Across, Beyond |
Tri- | Three |
Ultra- | Over or Above |
Uni- | One |
-al | Pertaining to |
-ase | Enzyme |
-blast | Budding |
-centesis | Surgical Puncture |
-cidal | Causing Death |
-clast | Broken |
-crit | To seperate |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | Excision or Surgical Removal |
-emia | Blood Condition |
-emesis | Vomiting |
-gen, -genesis, -genic | Producing |
-glia | Glue |
-gram | Something Written |