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Chapter 2 Common Suffixes and Prefixes
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| A | B |
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| -oma | tumor |
| -cele | hernia |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| new | neo- |
| Prefixes | time, direction, position |
| middle | meso- |
| softening | -malacia |
| extra- | beyond |
| brady- | slow |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| infra- | inside or below |
| blockage | -stenosis |
| para- | alongside or like |
| excessive fluid in the tissues | edema |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| suffixes | medical conditions, medical specialty, adjectives |
| -ectasis | expansion |
| -emia | blood |
| -gen | origin |
| -stasis | unchanging |
| -graph | recording device |
| after | post- |
| ab- | move away from |
| con-; syn-; sym- | with |
| small | micro- |
| -tome | instrument used for cutting |
| tri- | three |
| surgical fixation procedure | -pexy |
| -poiesis | producing |
| -pathy | disease |
| surgical binding | -desis |
| -logy | study of |
| stone | -lith |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| ante- | before |
| dipl- | twice |
| dia- | across |
| pan- | all or everywhere |
| oligo- | a few |
| -ician; -ist; -ian | specialist |
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