SUFFIXES-PREFIXES
Terms
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- -al
- pertaining to, relating to
- -ar
- pertaining to, relating to
- brady-
- slow
- -clasis
- to break
- -eal
- pertaining to, relating to
- -ectomy
- excision,removal
- ab-
- from, away from
- -algia
- pain
- -ary
- pertaining to, relating to
- contra-
- around
- -cele
- hernia, swelling
- dia-
- through, across
- -dynia
- pain
- ec-
- out, out from
- -edema
- swelling
- eu-
- good, normal
- extra-
- outside
- -genesis
- forming, producing, origin
- -graphy
- process of recording
- homo-
- same
- -ic
- pertaining to, relating to
- -icle
- small, minute, little
- in-
- in, not
- -ism
- condition
- -logy
- study of
- mal-
- bad
- -malacia
- softening
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- -metry
- act of measuring
- mono-
- one
- -oid
- resembling
- -oma
- tumor
- pan-
- all
- -pathy
- disease
- -phasia
- speech
- -plasia
- formation, growth
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -poiesis
- formation, production
- primi-
- first
- pseudo-
- false
- -ptosis
- prolapse, downward displacement
- quandri-
- four
- retro-
- backward, behind
- -rrhage
- bursting forth (of)
- rrhagia
- bursting forth (of)
- -ac
- pertaining to, relating to
- an-
- without, not
- -centesis
- surgical puncture
- -cyesis
- pregnancy
- -ectasis
- dilation, expansion
- -emesis
- vomiting
- endo-
- in, within
- ex-
- out, out from
- -gen
- forming, producing, origin
- -gram
- record, writing
- hemi-
- one half
- -iatrics
- physician, medicine, treatment
- -ical
- pertaining to, relating to
- -ile
- pertaining to, relating to
- infra-
- under, below
- -itis
- inflammation
- -lith
- stone, calculus
- macro-
- large
- meso-
- middle
- -orexia
- appetite
- -osis
- abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)
- -para
- to bear (offspring)
- -penia
- decrease, deficiency
- -pexy
- suspension, fixation (of an organ)
- a-
- without, not
- ad-
- toward
- anti-
- against
- bi-
- two
- circum-
- around
- -desis
- binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
- dipl-
- double, twofold
- dys-
- bad, painful, difficult
- ecto-
- outside, outward
- -emia
- blood condition
- exo-
- outside, outward
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- hetero-
- different
- im-
- not
- inter-
- between
- -ist
- specialist
- -lysis
- separation, destruction, loosening
- medi/o
- middle
- -megaly
- enlargement
- micro-
- small
- neo-
- new
- -ole
- small, minute
- -ory
- pertaining to, relating to
- -ous
- pertaining to, relating to
- -paresis
- partial paralysis
- peri-
- around
- -phagia
- swallowing, eating
- -plasm
- formation, growth
- -plegia
- paralysis
- post-
- after, behind
- pro-
- before, in front of
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -rrhea
- discharge, flow
- rrhexis
- rupture
- -scope
- instrument to view or examine
- -scopy
- visual examination
- semi-
- one half
- -spasm
- involuntary contraction, twitching
- -stasis
- standing still
- -stomy
- forming an opening (mouth)
- syn-
- union, together, joined
- tachy-
- rapid
- -tic
- pertaining to, relating to
- -tome
- instrument to cut
- -tomy
- incision
- -toxic
- poison
- trans-
- through, across
- tri-
- three
- -tripsy
- crushing
- -trophy
- development, nourishment
- -ule
- small, minute
- uni-
- one
- -y
- condition
- -ia
- condition
- -iasis
- abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
- -phobia
- fear
- -philia
- attraction for
- -stenosis
- narrowing, stricture
- epi-
- above, upon
- hyper-
- excessive, above normal
- -iatry
- physician, medicine, treatment
- -ician
- specialist
- hypo-
- under, below
- -ose
- pertaining to, relating to