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MEDTR110 Chap7
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
04/28/2024
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Term
-ectasis
 Definition
Dilation; dilatation; widening
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-ectomy
 Definition
Removal, excision or resection
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-esis
 Definition
Action, condition, state of
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-gram
 Definition
Record
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-lithiasis
 Definition
Condition of stones
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-lithotomy
 Definition
Incision (for removal) of a stone
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-lysis
 Definition
Breakdown; separation; destruction
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-megaly
 Definition
Enlargement
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-ole
 Definition
Little; small
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-osis
 Definition
Condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
 Definition
Disease, emotion
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-plasty
 Definition
Surgical repair
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-poietin
 Definition
Substance that forms
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-ptosis
 Definition
Falling; drooping; prolapse
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-rrhea
 Definition
Flow; discharge
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-sclerosis
 Definition
Abnormal hardening
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-stenosis
 Definition
Tightening; stricture
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-stomy
 Definition
New opening (to form a mouth)
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-tomy
 Definition
Process of cutting
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-tripsy
 Definition
Crushing
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-uria
 Definition
Urination (urine condition)
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A- and an-
 Definition
No, not, without
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Anti-
 Definition
Against
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Dia-
 Definition
Complete, through
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Dys-
 Definition
Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
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En-
 Definition
In, within
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Hypo-
 Definition
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
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Peri-
 Definition
Surrounding
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Poly-
 Definition
Many, much, increased
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Retro-
 Definition
Behind, back, backwards
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