Endocrine and Nervous Systems Chapter Review • CHAPTER 9 447Word Element Meaning Word Element Meaning
-logy study of -tome instrument to cut
-malacia softening -tomy incision
-megaly enlargement -uria urine
Prefixes
a- without, not hyper- excessive, above normal
dys- bad; painful; difficult hypo- under, below, deficient
endo- within para- near, beside; beyond
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