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Green Mod -- Pre/Suf
Prefixes and suffixes
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | without, absence of |
dia- | through, across |
per- | through |
ultra- | excess, beyond |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
endo- | in, within |
peri- | around |
epi- | on, upon |
ante- | before |
hypo- | deficient, below, incomplete |
leuko- | white |
inter- | between |
quadra- | four |
quadri- | four |
sub- | below |
syn- | union, joined together |
-schisis | a splitting, cleft, fissure |
-graphy | process of recording |
-tomy | incision |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ology | study of |
-al, -ar | pertaining to |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, downward displacement |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-scopy | visual examination |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-porosis | polous |
-emesis | vomit |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-megaly | enlargement of |
-orexia | appetite |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | swallowing, eating |
-prandial | meal |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
-itis | inflammation of |
-scope | instrument to view |
-oma | tumor |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasis | to break, fracture, refracture |
-desis | binding, fixation (of a joint or bone) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-stomy | forming and opening (mouth, artificial opening |
-ia, -ian, -ism | condition |
-algia | pain |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-pathy | disease |
-rrhaphy | a suturing |
-cele | herniation, swelling |
-emia | blood condition |