Prefixes (negation and position)
This prefix means “around.”
What is peri-?
This prefix means “few or scanty.”
What is oligo-?
This suffix means “abnormal condition.”
What is -iasis?
This suffix means "cutting into"
What is -tomy?
This root means "water"
What is hydr/o?
This prefix means “between.”
What is inter-?
This prefix means “large.”
What is macro-?
What is -algia or -dynia?
This suffix means "removal"
What is -ectomy?
What is gen/o?
This prefix means “within.”
What is intra-?
This prefix means “small.”
What is micro-?
This suffix means “pain.”
What is -algia?
This prefix means "reconstruction"
What is -plasty?
This root means "narrowing"
This prefix means “across.”
What is trans-?
This prefix means “excessive, over.”
What is hyper-?
This suffix means “blood condition.”
What is -emia?
This suffix means "fixation"
This root means "foreign"
What is Xen/o?
This prefix means “opposite or against.”
What is contra-?
This prefix means “below, deficient.”
What is hypo-?
This suffix means "paralysis"
What is -plegia?
This suffix means "surgical fixation"
What is -pexy?
This root means "form or change"
What is morph/o?