Common suffixes-1
Common suffixes-2
Surgical/procedural suffixes
Common prefixes
Common prefixes-2,
100
-ism
What is state of
100
-cele -oma
What is hernia, protrusion; tumor, mass
100
-ostomy
What is surgically create an opening
100
a-
What is without, away from
100
anti- an-
What is against; without
200
cise-
What is cut
200
-rrhea -algia
What is discharge, flow; pain
200
-ectomy
What is surgical removal
200
Ante-
What is before, in front of
200
macro- neo-
What is large; new
300
-plasia
What is development, growth
300
-itis -cyte
What is inflammation; cell
300
-graphy
What is process of recording
300
dys-
What is painful, difficult
300
supra- per-
What is above, through
400
-trophy
What is nourishment, development
400
-malacia -lysis
What is abnormal softening; destruction
400
-pexy
What is surgical fixation
400
retro-
What is backward, behind
400
tachy- ultra-
What is rapid, fast; beyond, excess
500
-ectasis
What is dilation
500
-ptosis -stenosis
What is drooping, narrowing
500
endo- pan-
What is within, inner; all
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