Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Prefixes and Suffixes

PREFIXES

a - without or not

an - without

angio - vessel

arthro - joint

brady - slow

dys - difficult or bad

homeo - similar

hyper - above or excessive

hypo - deficiency or beneath

inter - between

intra - within

mal - bad

micro - small

mega - large

necro - death

neo - new

para - beside

peri - around

osteo - bone

para - beside

peri - around

phleb - vein

poly - many

pro - before

pseudo - false

pyo - pus

steno - narrow, compressed

syn - together with

tachy - rapid

SUFFIXES


algia - pain

emia - blood

genesis - generation of

iasis - a process, especially a morbid one

ism - condition

itis - inflammation of the part named

lysis - to dissolve

megaly - large

oma - tumor

osis - full of

pathy - disease

penia - poverty, a deficiency

plasia - to form

plegia - a paralyzed state

ptosis - downward displacement

sclerosis - hardening

stasis - standing still

trophy - nourish

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