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APmedterms
The beginning suffixes and prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cardi | heart |
| gastr | stomach |
| hepat | liver |
| rhin | nose |
| cephal | head |
| arthr | joint |
| my | muscle |
| oste | bone |
| electr | electricity |
| carcin | cancer |
| ecetomy | surgical removal |
| itis | inflammation |
| megaly | enlarged |
| logy | study of |
| gram | record or picture |
| pathy | disease |
| inter | between |
| a- | without |
| dys | abnormal |
| sub | below,underneath |
| bi | two |
| post | after |
| rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose |
| hepatomegaly | enlarged liver |
| electrocardiogram | records of the heart's electricity |
| osteoarthritis | bone and joint inflammation |
| a keep the a and add | e! vertebra, vertebrae |
| ax drop the x and add | ces! thorax, thoraces |
| ex drop the ex and add | ices! apex, apices |
| ix drop the x and add | ces! appendix, appendices |
| ma keep ma and add | ta! sarcoma, sarcomata |
| is drop the is and add | es! metastasis, metastases |
| on drop on and add | a! spermatozoon, spermatoza |
| us drop us and add | i! alveolus, alveoli |
| um drop um and add | a! ovum, ova |
| y drop y and add | ies! biopsy, biopsies |
| x drop x and add | ges! phalanx, phalanges |
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| cele | hernia protrusion |
| dynia | pain |
| cytosis | abnormal cell condition |
| ectasis | dilated, streatch out |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | condition of the blood |
| ia | state, condition |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| ism | state of condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone |
| lysis | destruction |
| lytic | destruction |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| megaly | enlargement, large |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | too few |
| phobia | fear |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | drooping |
| rrhage | bursting forth |
| rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrheah | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardened |
| spasam | involuntary muscle contraction |
| stasis | stopping |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| toxic | posion |
| uria | condition of the urine |
| clasia | surgical breaking |
| desis | surgical fixation |
| ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| otomy | cutting into, incision |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tripsy | crushing |
| centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| gram | record or picture |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| manometer | process for measuring pressure |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | proccess of measuring |
| scope | instrument of veiwing |
| scopy | process of visually examining |
| cle | small |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyte | cell |
| derma | skin condition |
| dipsia | thirst |
| esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| gen | that which produces |
| genesis | produces, generates |
| genic | producing |
| globin | protein |
| globulin | protein |
| gravida | pregnancy |
| kenesia | movement |
| oid | resembling |
| ole | small |
| opida | vision |
| opsy | view of |
| osmia | sense of smell |
| oxia | oxygen |
| para | to bear ( offspring ) |
| partum | birth, labor |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| phil | attracted to |
| phonia | voice |
| plasam | formation, development |
| pnea | breaking |
| brady | slow |
| poiesis | formation |
| porosis | porous |
| ptysis | spitting up, coughing up |
| therapy | treatment |
| thorax | chest |
| trophic | development |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| ule | small |
| er | one who |
| iatric | medical specialty |
| iatrist | physician |
| ist | specialist |
| logist | one who studies |
| logy | study of |
| ac | pertaining to ( cardiac ) |
| al | pertaining to ( duodenal pertaining to duodenum) |
| an | pertaining to ( ovarian ) |
| ar | pertaining to ( ventricle ) |
| ary | pertaining to pulmonary ( pertaining to the lungs ) |
| atic | pertaining to lymphatic |
| eal | pertaining to seophageal |
| ic | pertaining to gastric |
| ine | pertaining to uterine |
| ior | pertaining to superior |
| nic | pertaining to embryonic |
| ory | pertaining to auditory |
| ose | pertaining to adipose ( fat ) |
| ous | pertaining to venous ( veins ) |
| tic | pertaining to hepatic ( liver ) |
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