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anti-, against, opposite, as antidote (a medicine to act against), 

 antispasmodic (a medicine against spasm). 



cata-, down, through, as cataplasm (something laid down, a 

 poultice), cathartic (to carry down, a purgative). 



dia-, through, as diathrodial (motion through a joint), diarrhoea 

 (flowing through). 



dys-, ill, difficult, painful, as dystokia (difficult hirth), dyspnoea 

 (difficult breathing), dysphagia (painful swallowing). 



eo, out of, from, as eczema (a boiling out, eruptive skin disease), 

 ecbolic (medicine that throws out, causes abortion). 



en-, em-, in, within, as enema (an injection), endermic (in the 

 skin). 



endo-, ento-, within, as endocardium (within the heart, lining 

 membrane). 



epi-, upon, on, over, as epiglottis (over the glottis), epilepsy (a 

 seizing upon). 



hemi-, half, as hemiplegia (paralysis of half the body). 



hyper-, above, too great, as hyperaesthesia (increased feeling), 

 hypertrophy. 



hypo-, below, under, as hypodermic (under the skin), hypostatic, 

 hypoglossal. 



meta-, with, together with, change in form and place, as meta- 

 stasis (change in position), metamorphosis (change in form). 



para-, beside, near, abnormal, through, as parasite (one who lives 

 on the food of another), paracentesis (a piercing through). 



peri-, around or about, as periosteum (membrane around bone), 

 peritoneum, pericardium. 



pneumo-, air in an unnatural part, as pneumothorax. 



poly-, many, as polyuria (excessive secretion of urine), polydipsia 

 (excessive thirst). 



pro-, before, forward, as prognosis (knowing beforehand the termi- 

 nation of disease). 



pyo-, pus, as pyothorax, pyuria. 



syn- (sy-, syl-, sym-), with, together, as synechia (holding to- 

 gether, adhesion of iris to cornea), system, systole. 



Latin Suffixes. 



-able (-ible, -ble, -ile), that may be, as soluble. 

 -ac (-al, -an, -ar, etc.), like, being or relating to, as cardiac, ocular. 

 -an (-ant, -ent, etc.), one who or that which, as physician, expecto- 

 rant, stimulant. 



