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digestive and urinary systems
prefixes and suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
03/09/2026
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Term
DYS-
 Definition
painful, abnormal , difficult
Term
ENDO-
 Definition
within
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ENDO-
 Definition
within
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HEMI-
 Definition
half
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HYPER-
 Definition
excessive or above normal
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HYPO-
 Definition
below normal or deficient
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MAL-
 Definition
bad or poor
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PARA-
 Definition
beside , near, or abnormal
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PERI-
 Definition
around our surrounding
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SUB-
 Definition
under
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DIA-
 Definition
through , complete
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POLY-
 Definition
many , much
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TRANS-
 Definition
across
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A-
 Definition
absence of ,without
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AUTO-
 Definition
self
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-AC
 Definition
pertaining to
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-CELE
 Definition
hernia
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical punture to aspirate fluid
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision
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-gram
 Definition
the record, radiographic imagine
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-Ia
 Definition
condition of, diseased state
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logist
 Definition
specialist who studies and treats
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-mealy
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-phagia
 Definition
eating or swallowing
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapsed , drooping
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing , repairing
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-scopy
 Definition
process of viewing
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-tomy
 Definition
incision,cut into
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-lith
 Definition
stone
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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-emia
 Definition
in blood
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
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-scopic
 Definition
pertaining to visual examination
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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