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Suffix/Prefix
Suffixes and prefixes for nursing fundamentals lpn term 1, Hondros College
Question | Answer |
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a- an- | without |
anti- contra- | against/opposed to |
de- | from/down/or not |
mal- | bad/inadequate |
dys- | painful/difficult |
ab- | away from |
ad- | to/toward/or near |
circum- peri- | around |
dia- trans- | across/through |
e- ec- ex- | out/away |
ecto- exo- extra- | outside |
en- endo- intra- | within |
epi- | upon |
inter- | between |
iso- | equal |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond/after/change |
para- | alongside of/beside |
retro- | backward/behind |
sub- infra- | below/under |
peri- | around |
auto- | self |
bi- | two or both |
hemi-, semi- | half |
hyper- | above or excessive |
hypo- | below or deficient |
macro- | large or long |
micro- | small |
mono-, uni- | one |
oligo- | few or deficient |
pan- | all |
poly-, multi- | many |
quadri- | four |
super-, supra- | above or excessive |
tri- | three |
ultra- | beyond or excessive |
ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
post- | after or behind |
re- | again or back |
con-, syn-, sym- | together or with |
dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
eu- | good or normal |
neo- | new |
tox- | poisonous |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-genesis | origin or production |
-lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-penia | abnormal reduction |
-rrhea | discharge |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-cele | pouching or hernia |
-ectasis | expansion or dilation |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | formation or presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition or increase |
-pathy | disease |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia, -phage | eating, swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-phoria | feeling |
-phil, -philia | attraction for |
-ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic, -ory, -ical, -ia | pertaining to |
-centesis | puncture for aspiration |
-desis | binding |
-ectomy | excision (removal) |
-pexy | suspension or fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-tomy | incision |
-tome | cutting instrument |
-tripsy | crushing |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-ation | process |
-emesis | vomiting |
-ia, -ism | condition of |
-y | condition or process of |
-ium | structure or tissue |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-iatrics, -iatry | treatment |
-logy | study |
-logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | process of measuring |
-poiesis | formation |
-scope | instrument for examination |
-scopy | process of examination |
-sis;-iasis;-asis | indicating condition of or state of |
-stasis | stop or stand |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-therapy | treatment |
-trophy | nourishment or growth |
-uria | urine |
-cide, -cidal | destroying, killing |
-clast, -clasis | breaking |
-paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
-plasm, -plasia | formation, growth |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |