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Module 3/Appendix C: Prefixes and Suffixes

Terms

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brady-
slow
mal-
bad, sick
tachy-
rapid, fast
ante-
before
anti-
against
con-
together, with
contra-
against
de-
down, down from
dis-
undo, free from
ecto-
outside, outer
extra-
outside of, beyond, in addition
hemi-
half
infra-
below, under
para-
beside, beyond, abnormal
per-
through
pre-
before, in front of
pseudo-
false
super-
above,over
syn-
with, together
primi-
first
mono-
one
uni-
one
di-
two
semi-
half
tri-
three
quad-
four
multi-
many
xantho-
yellow
pan-
all
macro-
large
micro-
small
megalo-
mega-
large
neo-
new
normo-
normal
orth/o-
straight
meso-
middle
syn-
sym-
together
anterior (ventral)
towards the front of the body
posterior (dorsal)
towards the back of the body
medial
towards the midline of the body
lateral
towards the side of the body
proximal
nearer to point of attachment
distal
farther from point of attachment
superior
above
inferior
below
cranial (cephalic)
towards the head
caudal
towards the lower end of the spine
superficial
close to the surface of the body
deep
close to the center of the body
circum-
around
lith-
stone
pyr/o-
fever
sclera-
hard
tox/o-
poison, toxic
xer/o-
dry
-meter
measure, instrument for measuring
-oid
resembling
-la
-y
-ment
condition
-er
-or
one who
-penia
deficiency, lack of
-otomy
incision
-ostomy
formation of a new opening
-agra
violent pain, excessive pain
-cele
herniation
-phobia
abnormal fear
-plegia
stroke, paralysis
-spasm
spasm, twitch
-pexy
fixation, to put in place
-plasty
surgical repair, plastic surgery
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-therapy
treatment
-ectasis
dilation, stretching
-clysis
irrigation, washing
-ectopia
displacement
-kinesia
movement
-philia
love
-plasia
formation, development
-uria
condition of urine
-algesia
excessive sensitivity to pain
-blast
embryonic cell
-emesis
vomiting
-esthesia
feeling
-hemia
blood condition
-opia
vision
-pepsia
digestion
-phoria
feeling, mental state
-ptosis
prolapse, sagging
-sepsis
infection
-stasis
checking, stopping, controlling
-trophy
development
-genesis
formation
-clasis
breaking up, dissolution
-poiesis
formation, generation
-mania
madness, insane
-edema
swelling
-asthenia
loss of strength
-genic
forming, producing
-cyesis
pregnancy
-orexia
appetite
-dipsia
thirst
dilatation
widening
-ectasia
dialation
-lysis
separation
-tripsy
crushing
-ectopy
malposition

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