Prefixes and Suffixes

Supra-

• Below

• Above

• High/higher

• weakness

-asthenia

• Strength

• Weakness

-desis

• Surgical fixation, fusion

• Surgical Break

• Surgical repair

-schisis

• Split, fisure

• break

• sprain

inter-

• within

• in

• between

• out

sum-, syn-

• apart

• Together, joined

• separate

• joined

-clasia, -clasis, -clast

• Build up

• cut

• pieces

• break