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Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-peniaA word ending that means a lack or too few.
-pepsiaA word ending that means digestion.
-pexyA word ending that means surgical fixing of an organ in place.
-phagiaA word ending that means eating or swallowing.
-phasiaA word ending that means speech, or the use of language.
-philiaA word ending that means attraction to, liking for, or a tendency toward something.
-phobiaA word ending that means a strong, lasting fear.
-plasiaA word ending that means formation or growth of cells or tissue.
-plasmA word ending that means formed material or a growth.
-plastyA word ending that means surgical repair or reshaping.
-plegiaA word ending that means paralysis.
-pneaA word ending that means breathing.
-poiesisA word ending that means making or forming.
-ptosisA word ending that means drooping, sagging or falling down of an organ or part.
-ptysisA word ending that means spitting, or coughing something up.
-rrhageA word ending that means heavy bleeding or bursting out.
-rrhaphyA word ending that means surgical repair by sewing (suturing).
-rrheaA word ending that means flow or discharge.
-rrhexisA word ending that means rupture, a bursting or tearing open.
-sclerosisA word ending that means abnormal hardening of a tissue.
-scopeA word ending that means an instrument for looking or examining.
-scopyA word ending that means looking at or examining, usually with an instrument.
-sisA word ending that means a state, condition or process.
-spasmA word ending that means a sudden, involuntary tightening of a muscle.
-stasisA word ending that means stopping, slowing or staying the same.
-stenosisA word ending that means narrowing of a passage or opening.
-therapyA word ending that means treatment.
-thoraxA word ending that means the chest or the chest cavity.
-tomeA word ending that means an instrument for cutting.
-tripsyA word ending that means crushing.
-trophyA word ending that means nourishment or growth.
-uriaA word ending that means a condition of the urine or of urinating.
-usA Latin noun ending found on many body structures and things, such as bronchus and thrombus.
a-A word beginning that means without, not or absence of; written an- before a vowel.
ab-A word beginning that means away from.
abdomin/oA word root that means the abdomen, the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis.
acr/oA word root that means the extremities (hands and feet) or the top, a high point.
ad-A word beginning that means toward, near or added to.
aden/oA word root that means gland.
adip/oA word root that means fat; lip/o means the same.
adren/oA word root that means the adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys.
albin/oA word root that means white.
alveol/oA word root that means alveolus, a tiny air sac in the lungs.
ambi-A word beginning that means both, or on both sides.
ana-A word beginning that means up, back or again.
andr/oA word root that means male or man.
angi/oA word root that means vessel, usually a blood vessel.
ankyl/oA word part that means stiff, fused or bent.
ante-A word beginning that means before, in time or in place.
anti-A word beginning that means against or opposing.