unit 9: special senses prefixes & suffixes

a- / an-

not; without

ec-

out; outside

en-

in; within

eso-

inward

exo-

outward

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

intra-

within; into

-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic, -ar, -eal

pertaining to

-cusis

hearing

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-esthenia

feeling; sensation

-ia

condition

-ion

process; state; condition

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor; mass

-opia

vision condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

droop; sag; prolapse; protrude

-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-tropia

to turn