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MLS Etymology Affixes 2

  1. ana
    up, again, backward
  2. apo
    upon
  3. bin
    two
  4. cata
    down
  5. eso
    inward
  6. eu
    normal, good
  7. ex
    outside, outward
  8. exo
    outside, outward
  9. extra
    outside of, beyond
  10. in
    in, into, not
  11. meso
    middle
  12. multi
    many
  13. nulli
    none
  14. re
    back
  15. sym
    together, joined
  16. tetra
    four
  17. ultra
    beyond, excess
  18. ac
    pertaining to
  19. al
    pertaining to
  20. ar
    pertaining to
  21. ary
    pertaining to
  22. eal
    pertaining to
  23. ial
    pertaining to
  24. ic
    pertaining to
  25. ous
    pertaining to
  26. agra
    excessive pain
  27. apheresis
    removal
  28. ase
    enzyme
  29. asthenia
    weakness
  30. atresia
    absence of normal body opening, occlusion, closure
  31. capnia
    carbon dioxide
  32. cele
    hernia, protrusion
  33. cidal
    killing
  34. clasia
    break
  35. clasis
    break
  36. clast
    break
  37. clysis
    irrigating, washing
  38. coccus (pl. cocci)
    berryshapped (a form of bacterium)
  39. crine
    separate, secrete
  40. crit
    to separate
  41. cyte
    cell
  42. desis
    surgical fixation, fusion
  43. drome
    run, running
  44. ectasis
    stretching out, dilatation, expansion
  45. ectopia
    displacement
  46. er
    one who
  47. esis
    condition
  48. gen
    substance or agent that produces or causes
  49. genesis
    origin, cause
  50. gram
    record, x-ray film
  51. graph
    instrument used to record
  52. graphy
    process of recording, x-ray filmng
  53. iatry
    physician, treatment
  54. ician
    one who
  55. ictal
    seizure, attack
  56. ism
    state of
  57. lepsy
    seizure
  58. lytic
    destroy, reduce
  59. malacia
    softening
  60. mania
    madness, insane desire
  61. megaly
    enlargement
  62. meter
    instrument used to measure
  63. metry
    measurement
  64. morph
    form, shape
  65. odia
    smell
  66. odynia
    pain
  67. oid
    resembling
  68. ologist
    one who studies and practices (specialist)
  69. opia
    vision (condition)
  70. opsy
    to view
  71. oorhagia
    rapid flow of blood
  72. orrhaphy
    suturing, repairing
  73. orrhea
    flow, excessive discharge
  74. orrhexis
    rupture
  75. oxia
    oxygen
  76. paresis
    slight paralysis
  77. pepsia
    digestion
  78. pexy
    surgical fixation, suspension
  79. phagia
    eating, swallowing
  80. philia
    love
  81. phily
    love
  82. phobia
    abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
  83. phonia
    sound or voice
  84. phoria
    feeling
  85. physis
    growth
  86. plasia
    formation, development, growth
  87. plasm
    growth, substance, formation
  88. plasty
    plastic or surgical repair
  89. plegia
    paralysis
  90. pnea
    breathing
  91. porosis
    passage
  92. prandial
    meal
  93. scopic
    visual examination
  94. sepsis
    infection
  95. sis
    state of
  96. spasm
    sudden involuntary muscle contraction
  97. stalsis
    contraction
  98. stenosis
    constriction, narrowing
  99. thorax
    chest
  100. tocia
    birth, labor
  101. tome
    instrument used to cut
  102. tripsy
    surgical crushing
  103. ule
    little
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MLS Etymology Affixes 2
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