Mr. Jay's basic skills-Medical Terms-Prefix & Suffix
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- without, away from, negative, not
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A-, AN- - before, toward
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ANTE- - between, among
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INTER- - excessive, increased
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HYPER- - half
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HEMI- - within, in, inside
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END-, ENDO- - deficient, decreased
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HYPO- - below
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SUB- - above, excessive
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SUPER-, SUPRA- - bad, difficult, painful
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DYS- - slow
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BRADY- - fast, rapid
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TACHY- - against, counter
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ANTI- - after
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POST- - before
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PRE- - many
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POLY- - new, strange
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NEO- - within, inside
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INTRA- - excessive, through
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PER- - surrounding, around
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PERI- - record
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-GRAM, -GRAPH - state or condition
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-IA - surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-CENTESIS - hernia, tumor, swelling
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-CELE - pertaining to
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-IC - pertaining to, relating to
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-AC, -AL - pain, suffering
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-ALGIA - surgical repair
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-PLASTY - disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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-PATHY - surgical incision
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-OTOMY - tumor
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-OMA - sensastion, feeling
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-ESTHESIA - the science or study of
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-OLOGY - Specialist
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-OLOGIST - stretching, enlargement
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-ECTASIS - blood, blood condition
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-EMIA - surgical removal
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-ECTOMY - surgical creation of an opening
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-OSTOMY - enlargment
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-MEGALY - abnormal narrowing
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-STENOSIS - abnormal softening
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-MALACIA - breakdown, separaton, setting free, destruction, loosening
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-LYSIS - inflammation
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-ITIS - to suture
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-RRHAPHY - bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-RRHAGIA, -RRHAGE - prolapse, dropping forward
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-PTOSIS - process of recording
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-GRAPHY - surgical fixation, to put in place
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-PEXY - stopping
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-PAUSE - urination, urine
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-URIA - to crush
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-TRIPSY - instrument for visual examination
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-SCOPE - breathing
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-PNEA - paralysis
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-PLEGIA - to see, visual examinaton
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-SCOPY - cell
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-CYTE - tissue death
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-NECROSIS - surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together
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-DESIS - abnormal flow or discharge
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-RRHEA - rupture
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-RRHEXIS - abnormal hardening
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-SCLEROSIS - abnormal condition
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