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Med Term Lesson 8
Prefixes and Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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path | disease |
penia | deficiency |
peri | around |
pexy | fixation, suspension |
phobia | fear of |
poly | many |
post | after |
pre | before |
pseudo | false |
retro | backward |
scopy | exam |
semi | half |
sub | below |
tachy | swift, fast |
tele | distance |
toxo | toxic, poison |
trans | across |
tri | three |
uni | one |
pachy | thick |
para | near |
phoresis | transmission |
plasty | plastic surgical correction |
plegia | paralysis, stroke |
pro | in front of, on behalf of |
ptosis | falling |
re | back, again |
rrhaphy | suture |
rhexis | rupture |
sphymo | pulse |
super, supra | above |
sym, syn | together |
ultra | above |
xeno | foreign |
xero | dry |