Prefixes and Suffixes
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lynnmw1208 on September 25, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -penia | lack |
| -plasia | growth, formation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | condition, process |
| -emia | blood |
| -plasty | shape, mold |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ectomy | removal, cutting out |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -oma | tumor |
| -logy | study of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -gram | written record |
| -algia | pain |
| -ule | small, little |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -cide | to kill |
| -crine | secrete, release |
| -genesis | creation |
| -graph(y) | to write, draw |
| -hydrate | containing water |
| -lemma | rind, peel |
| -lunar | moon, moonlike |
| -metric | measurement |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oscopy | viewing |
| -ose | signifies carbohydrate |
| -philic | loving |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breath, breathing |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -tensin | pressure |
| -tension | pressure |
| -uria | urine |
| sub- | under |
| re- | back again |
| ex- | out of, out from |
| exo- | out of, out from |
| peri- | around |
| hypo- | below, under |
| hyper- | over, above |
| auto- | self |
| retro- | behind |
| pro- | first, promoting |
| epi- | upon |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against, resisting |
| bi- | two, double |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | against |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| extra- | outside of |
| hapl- | single |
| hem- | blood |
| hemat- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hom(e)o- | same, equal |
| inter- | between |
| iso- | same, equal |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large, million (th) |
| micro- | small, millionth |
| milli- | thousandth |
| mono- | one, single |
| non- | not |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| quadr- | four |
| semi- | half |
| tri- | three |
| -ism | condition of |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lith | stone, rock |
| -phragm | partition |
| a- | without, not |
| an- | without, not |
| neo- | new |
| ortho- | straight, correct |
| para- | side of, near |
| -flux | flow |
| -gen | creates, forms |
| -opia | vision |
| -rrhaphy | sew, suture |
| -some | body |
| endo- | within |
| de- | down from |
| intra- | within |
| super- | over, excessive |
| supra- | over, excessive |
| -arche | beginning, origin |
| -centesis | piercing |
| -ia | condition, process |
| -sia | condition, process |
| -tonic | pressure, tension |
| co- | with, together |
| con- | with, together |
| dipl- | twofold, double |
| -plasm | substance, matter |
| ectop- | displaced |
| em- | in, into |
| en- | in, into |
| -blast | sprout, make |
| -clast | break, destroy |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -in | signifies protein |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| mes- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, after |
| -oid | like, in shape of |
| -aps | fit, fasten |
| -apt | fit, fasten |
| -rrhagia | discharge |
| dia- | across, through |
| af- | toward |
| ef- | away from |
| eu- | good |
| oligo- | few, scanty |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | cut |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| per- | through |
| trans- | across, through |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -penia | lack |
| -plasia | growth, formation |
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