Quality Prefixes
a-
without/no
dys-
ab-
away from
-itis
inflammation
-ectomy
surgical removal
hyper-
increased
good or normal
dia- or inter-
between
-malacia
abnormal softening
-graph
instrument that records
hypo-
decreased
physis-
growth
ecto-
outside
-osis
abnormal hardening
-lysis
separation or breakdown
sub-
decreased
ill-
bad
endo-
within
-um
structure
-centesis
surgical puncture
super- or supra-
excess
mis-
wrong
per-
throughout
-algia or -dynia
pain
-stomy
surgically created opening