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Mrs.Brown A&P
Mrs. Brown's A&P Prefixes/Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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a, an-, ar- | without; lack of |
ab | away from |
ad | to; toward |
ambi | both |
amphi | both sides |
ana | up; apart |
ante | before; in front of; forward |
anter/o | in front, before |
anti | against |
anis/o | unequal, dissimilar` |
auto | self |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
cata | down |
circim | around |
co, com, con | together |
contra | against; opposite |
de | lack of; down; away from |
dextr/o | right side |
di | two |
dia | between; through; complete |
dipl, dipl/o | double, two fold |
dors/o | back |
dys | painful; difficult, bad |
ex, ec | out, out from |
exct/o, exo, extra | outside, outward |
em, en | in |
endo | within |
epi | upon, above |
eu | good; normal |
extra | outside |
hemi | half |
heter/o | different |
hidr/o | sweat |
homo | same |
hydr/o | water |
hyper | above; excessive; beyond |
hypo | below; deficient; under |
in, im | not, in |
infra | below; inferior to |
inter | between |
intra | within |
is/o | equal |
later/o | side |
macro | large; visible to the naked eye |
mal | bad |
meso, med, medi | middle |
meta | change; beyond, after, over |
micro | small; not visible to the nake eye |
mon/o | one |
multi | many, much |
neo | new |
pachy | thick |
pan | all |
para | beside along side; near |
per | through |
peri | around; surronunding |
poly | many, much |
post | after; behind |
poster/o | posterior, behind, toward the back |
pre | before; in front of |
primi | first |
pro | before |
pseud/o | false |
quad, quadri | four |
re | back; again |
retro | behind; backward |
scler/o | hard |
semi | part of; half |
sinistr/o | left side |
sub | under; below |
super | above, upper, excessive |
supra | above; upon |
sym, syn | together, with, joined |
tachy | fast |
tetra | four |
trans | across, through |
tri | three |
ultra | beyond; in excess |
uni | one |
algesia | pain |
algia | pain |
arche | beginning |
ase | enzyme |
asthenia | weakness |
capnia | carbon dioxide |
cele | hernia; protrusion; swelling |
centesis | puncture |
cide | to kill |
clasis | break, fracture |
clysis | injection |
crit | to seperate |
cusis | hearing |
cyesis | pregnancy |
cyte | cell |
desis | fixation, binding (of a bone or joint) |
dynia | pain |
ectasis | dialtion; stretching, expasion |
ectomy | removal; excision |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood |
gen | born or producing |
genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin |
glia | glue |
globin | protein |
gnosis | knowledge |
gram | record, a writing |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
ia | condition |
iasis | abnormal condition (usually produced by s'thing specific) |
ic | pertaining to |
icle | small |
ist | one who specializes |
itis | inflammation |
kinesis | movement, motion |
lith | stone, calculus |
logist | specialist in the study of |
logy | study of |
lysis | breaking up; seperation, destruction |
malacia | softening |
mania | madness |
megaly | enlargement |
metry | act of measuring |
meter | instrument for measuring |
mnesia | memory |
oid | like; resembling |
ole | small |
oma | tumor |
opia | vision |
osis | abnormal (morbid) condition, increase (used primarily w/ blood cells) |
para | to bear (offspring) |
paresis | partial paralysis |
pathy | disease; emotion |
penia | deficiency, decrease |
pexy | fixation, to put in place (of an organ) |
phagia | eat; swallow |
phasia | speech |
philia | attraction for |
phobia | fear of |
phonia | sound; voice |
plasia | development; formation, growth |
plasm | formation |
plasty | surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | formation, production |
ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement |
ptysis | spitting |
rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
rrhaphy | suture |
rrhea | flow; discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
sclerosis | hardening |
scope | instrument for visual examination |
scopy | visual inspection |
spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
stasis, static | stopping; control, standing still |
stenosis | stricture, narrowing |
stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
therapy | treatment |
tome | instrument for cutting |
tomy | incision, cut into |
toxic | poison |
tripsy | crushing |
trophy | noursihment development |
ula | small |
ule | small |
uria | urine |
version | to turn |
y | process |