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prefix and suffix

  1. ambi
    both
  2. ante
    before
  3. anti
    agains
  4. bi
    two or both
  5. brady
    slow
  6. circum
    around
  7. contra
    against
  8. dia
    across or through
  9. dis
    separate from or apart
  10. dys
    painful, difficult
  11. ecto
    outside
  12. endo
    within
  13. epi
    upon
  14. exo
    outside
  15. hemi
    half
  16. hyper
    above or excessive
  17. hypo
    below or deficient
  18. immun
    safe, protected
  19. infra
    below or under
  20. inter
    between
  21. iso
    equal
  22. leuk
    white
  23. macro
    large
  24. mid, medi, meso
    middle
  25. meta
    beyond, after, changing
  26. micro
    small
  27. mono
    one
  28. multi
    many
  29. neo
    new
  30. pan
    all
  31. para
    alongside or abnormal
  32. peri
    around
  33. poly
    many
  34. post
    after
  35. pre, pro
    before
  36. pseudo
    false
  37. quadri
    four
  38. re
    again or back
  39. retro
    after
  40. semi
    half
  41. sub
    below or under
  42. super, supra
    above or excessive
  43. tachy
    fast
  44. trans
    across, through
  45. tri
    three
  46. ultra
    beyond or excessive
  47. uni
    one
  48. xer
    dry
  49. algia
    pain
  50. asthenia
    without strength
  51. cele
    pouching or hernia
  52. cyesis
    pregnancy
  53. cynia
    pain
  54. ectasis
    expansion or dilation
  55. ectomy
    removal
  56. emia
    blood condition
  57. genic
    origin or production
  58. ia
    condition of
  59. iasis
    condition, formation of
  60. iatry
    treatment
  61. icle
    small
  62. ism
    condition of
  63. itis
    inflammation
  64. ium
    tissue or structure
  65. lith
    stone, calculus
  66. lysis
    breaking down or dissolution
  67. malacia
    softening
  68. megaly
    enlargement
  69. mycosis
    fungal infection
  70. oid
    resembling
  71. ole
    small
  72. oma
    tumor
  73. opia, opsia
    vision
  74. osis
    abnormal condition, increase
  75. osmia
    smell
  76. paresis
    partial paralysis
  77. pathy
    disease
  78. penia
    decrease
  79. phagia
    swallowing
  80. phasia
    speech
  81. philia
    attraction for
  82. phobia
    fear
  83. plasia
    formation
  84. plasty
    surgical repair or reconstruction
  85. plegia
    paralysis, stroke
  86. rrhage
    to burst forth
  87. rrhea
    discharge
  88. sclerosis
    narrowing, constriction
  89. spasm
    involuntary contraction
  90. stasis
    stop or stand
  91. tic
    pertaining to
  92. tocia
    childbirth, labor
  93. tomy
    incision
  94. toxic
    poison
  95. tropic
    stimulate
  96. ula, ule
    small
  97. card
    heart
  98. cyst
    bladder
  99. gastr
    stomach
  100. hemat
    blood
  101. hepat
    liver
  102. my
    muscle
  103. pector
    chest
  104. neur
    nerve
  105. pneum
    lung
  106. ocul
    eye
  107. derma
    skin
  108. ven
    vein
  109. mast
    breast
  110. oste
    bone
  111. nephr
    kidney
  112. ot
    ear
  113. lipid
    fat
  114. thym
    thymus
  115. thyr
    thyroid
  116. chol
    bile
  117. necr
    death
  118. thromb
    clot
  119. cyt
    cell
  120. chondr
    cartilage
  121. encephal
    brain
  122. myel
    spinal cord
  123. arthr
    joint
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prefix and suffix
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medical terminology some prefixes and suffixes
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