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prefix and suffix medical terms
Question | Answer |
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a, an- | without, lacking ,deficient, not |
ab- | away from |
ad-, af- | toward, to ,near |
ambi-, ampho-, amphi- | both, double |
ana - | up, toward, apart |
andro- | man |
ante- | before, in front of, forward |
anti-, ant - | against, opposing,preventing |
ap-, apo- | separation from, derived from |
aut-, auto- | self |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down, under, lower, against |
circum- | around |
co-, com-, con, | with |
contra- | against, opposed |
de- | down, from |
dextro- | to the right |
dia- | through, between,apart, across |
dis- | apart, free from |
dorso- | to the back |
dys- | difficult,bad, painful, abnormal |
e-,ec-,ef-, ex- | out of, from, away from |
ect-, ecto-, exo- | outside of |
-ac,-al-,-ic,-ar,-ial,-ary,-ous,-tic,-eal | pertaining, related to,located in |
-agra | excessive pain |
-algia | pain |
-apheresis | removal |
-asthenia | weakness |
-ase | enzyme |
-ate | use, subject to |
-atresia | absence of normal body opening |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-cele | protrusion, hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cidal | killing |
-clasia, clast | break |
--cle,-cule,-ole,-ola, -ule,-ulum,-ulus | small |
-clysis | irrigation, washing |
-coccus, -coccis | berry -shaped |
-crit | to separate,secrete |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | surgical fixation |
-drome | run, running |
-dynia | pain |