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Chapter 11 Prefixes & Suffixes

  1. -stasis
    • stopping
    • controlling
  2. -on
    structure
  3. -glia
    glue
  4. -cyte
    cell
  5. -tome
    instrument used to cut
  6. a-
    • no
    • not 
    • without
  7. -ia
    condition
  8. -sthenia
    condition of strengh
  9. dys-
    • difficult
    • bad
  10. para-
    abnormal
  11. -y
    process of
  12. -schisis
    split
  13. -cephalus
    head
  14. bi-
    two
  15. -fida
    split
  16. -oma
    • tumor
    • mass
  17. -itis
    inflammation
  18. -ic
    pertaining to
  19. -al
    pertaining to
  20. post-
    after
  21. syn-
    together
  22. -drome
    run
  23. epi-
    above
  24. -lepsy
    seizure
  25. -algia
    pain
  26. -esthetica
    • feeling
    • sensation
  27. poly-
    many
  28. -pathy
    disease condition
  29. di-
    two
  30. -plegia
    paralysis
  31. hemi-
    half
  32. mono-
    one
  33. quadri-
    four
  34. -paresis
    slight paralysis
  35. -graphy
    recording
  36. -ectomy
    • cutting out
    • excision
    • resection
    • destruction
  37. -tomy
    • cutting
    • drainage
    • division
    • destruction
  38. echo-
    sound
  39. -exeresis
    • tearing out
    • extraction
  40. -plasty
    • surgically forming
    • repair
    • supplement
  41. -emphraxis
    • obstructing
    • crushing
    • destruction
  42. trans-
    through
  43. -ous
    pertaining to
  44. -stomy
    • making a new opening
    • bypass
    • drainage
  45. endo-
    within
  46. -scopic
    pertaining to viewing
  47. micro-
    tiny
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Chapter 11 Prefixes & Suffixes
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