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Sufixes and
Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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-blast | embryonic, immature |
-crine | to secrete |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-drome | to run |
-fusion | coming together; to pour |
-gen | substance that produces |
-lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
-lysis | breakdown, destrution, separation |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-or | one who |
-partum | birth, labor |
-phoria | to bear, carry; feeling |
-physis | to grow |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-plasm | structure or formation |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-statsis | stopping, controlling |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
a-,an- | no, not, without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up, apart |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dia- | through, complete |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
en-, endo- | in, within |
epi- | upon, on, above |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out, outside, away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, under |
in- | not |
in- | into, within |
infra- | beneath, under |
inter- | between |
intra- | in, within, into |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad |
meta- | beyond, change |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | abnormal,beside,near |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many,much |
post- | after,behind |
pre- | before,in front of |
pro- | before,forward |
pseudo- | false |
re- | back,again |
retro- | behind,backward |
sub- | under |
supra- | above,upper |
syn-,sym- | together, with |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across,through |
ultra- | beyond,excess |
uni- | one |