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Prefixes/SuffixesNur
prefixes and suffixes for foundations of nursing
Question | Answer |
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-algia | pain |
-asis | condition; state |
-ectomy | excision of |
-emia | blood condition |
-itis | inflamation of |
-lysis | loosen or dissolve |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition, state, process |
-pathy | disease |
-scopy | examination |
-tomy | cutting, incision |
-dipsia | thirst |
-opsy | view of |
-pepsia | digestion |
-uria | urine |
ab- | from, away |
ad- | increase, toward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
bi- | two, double, twice |
brady- | slow |
dys- | difficult, bad |
endo- | within |
epi- | upon, over |
exo- | out, away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | above, excess |
hypo- | less than, below |
peri- | around, about |
retro- | backward, back, behind |
rhino- | nose |
sub- | under, beneath, |
trans- | across, over, beyond |