Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards by Morgan Hildebrand | Brainscape

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-tomy

A

to cut

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-stomy

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surgically create an opening

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-ectomy

A

excision, to surgically remove something

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluids or gas

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-graphy

A

procedure that records

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-graph

A

the machine used to make recording

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-gram

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the recording itself

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aspiration

A

removal of fluid by suction

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-lysis

A

destruction, breakdown, degradation, separation

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-lytic

A

having the ability to cause destruction

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-lysin

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a substance capable of destruction

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-scope

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an instrument used to view

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-scopy

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the act of viewing with an instrument

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-therapy

A

Word part <u>and</u> term, -treatment

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-rrhagia

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bleeding, “bursting forth”

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-rrhaphy

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to suture, surgically sew something

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-algia and -dynia

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Pain

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-ia

A

condition, state (hypoxia - state of low oxygen)

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-ion

A

action or process

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-itis

A

condition <b>with</b> inflammation

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-ive

A

performs or ends toward

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-malacia

A

softened, softening, such as tissue soft to the touch

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-megaly

A

enlarged

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-osis

A

non-inflammatory condition, increased condition

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Ab -

A

away from

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dys-

A

difficult, painful, or bad

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endo-

A

within or inside

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hyper-

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elevated, higher, or more than normal

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inter-

A

between

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poly-

A

many or excessive

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pre-

A

before

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sub-

A

below, under, less

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A-

A

without or no

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An-

A

without or no

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Ad-

A

toward

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anti-

A

means against

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Eu-

A

good, easy, normal

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Ex or exo-

A

without, out of, outside, away from

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ecto-

A

outside

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hypo-

A

depressed, lower than normal, BELOW

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intra-

A

means withi

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oligo-

A

scant or little

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post-

A

after

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super and supra-

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above, beyond