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prefix/suffix
medical prefixes and suffixes
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-A | No,not,without |
-Algia | Pain |
-ase | Enzyme |
-atrophy | Shrink |
-carcinoma | Cancer |
De- | Lack of |
Dys- | Difficulty |
-emia | Blood |
-genesis | To form, make or beginning |
Hemo-/hema- | Blood |
Hyper- | High or above |
Hypo- | Below or low |
-itis | Inflammation or infection |
-lysis | Breakdown |
Macro- | Large |
-malacia | Soft |
-megaly | Enlargement |
Micro- | Small |
-oma | Tumor |
-osis/iasis | Abnormal condition |
Poly- | Many |
-sis | State of condition |
-sthenia | Strenth |
-trophy | Nourishment or development |
-logy | Study of |
-rrhea | Discharge |
-plasty | Repair |
-otomy | To cut ; making an incision |
-stomy | Surgical opening or an artifical opening |
-ectomy | Excision or remove |
-rraphy | To sew or suture |
-pexy | To fix |
-centesis | To puncture |
ADEN/O- | GLAND |
ARTHR/O- | JOINT |
BI/O- | LIFE |
CARCIN/O- | CANCER |
CARDI/O- | HEART |
CEPHAL/O- | HEAD |
CEREBR/O- | CEREBRUM (LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN) |
CIS/O | TO CUT |
CRIN | SECRETE( TO GIVE OFF) |
CYST | URINARY BLADDER |
CYT/O | CELL |
DERM | SKIN |
DERMAT | SKIN |
ELECTRO | ELECTRICITY |
ENCEPHAL | BRAIN |
ENTER/O | INTESTINES |
ERYTHR | RED |
GASTR | STOMACH |
GNOS | KNOWLEDGE |
GYNEC | WOMAN,FEMALE |
HEMAT | BLOOD |
HEM | HEMATOMA |
HEPAT | LIVER |
IATR | TREATMENT |
LEUK | WHITE |
NEPHR | KIDNEY |
NEUR | NERVE |
ONC | TUMOR |
OPHTHALM | EYE |
OSTE | BONE |
PATH | DISEASE |
PED | CHILD |
PSYCH | MIND |
RADI/O | X-RAYS |
REN | KIDNEY |
RHIN | NOSE |
SARC | FLESH |
SEC | TO CUT |
THROMB/O | CLOT, BLOOD CLOTTING |
UR | URINARY TRACT, URINE |
-AC | PERTAINING TO |
-AL | PERTAINING TO |
-ALGIA | PAIN |
-CYTE | CELL |
-ECTOMY | EXCISION, REMOVAL |
-EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
-GENIC | PERTAINING TO/PRODUCING/PRODUCED BY/ OR PRODUCED IN |
-GRAM | RECORD |
-IC,-ICAL | PERTAINING TO |
-ION | PROCESS |
-IST | SPECIALIST |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
-LOGY | STUDY OF |
-OMA | TUMOR/ MASS/ SWELLING |
-OPSY | PROCESS OF VIEWING |
-PATHY | DISEASE CONDITION |
-SCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE |
-SCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUALLY EXAMINING |
-SIS | STATE OF |
-TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING / INCISION |
-Y | PROCESS, CONDITION |
A- /AN- | NO , NOT , WITHOUT |
AUTO- | SELF |
DIA- | THROUGH, COMPLETE |
ENDO- | WITHIN |
EPI- | ABOVE, UPON |
EX- | OUT |
EXO- | OUT |
HYPER- | EXCESSIVE , ABOVE, MORE THAN NORMAL |
HYPO- | DEFICIENT ,BELOW , LESS THAN NORMAL |
IN- | INTO , IN |
PERI- | SURROUNDING , AROUND |
PRO- | BEFORE |
RE- | BACK , BACKWARD, AGAIN |
RETRO- | BEHIND |
SUB- | BELOW , UNDER |
TRANS- | ACROSS, THROUGH |
Oto | Ear |
Rhino | Nose |
Plasty | Repair |
Sclerosis | Hardnening |
Malacia | Softening |
Phleb | Vein |
Angio | Blood vessel |
Thorax | Chest |
Pneumo | Lung |
Myo | Muscle |
Myelo | Spinal cord |
Abscess | Pus |
Pulmonary | Lungs |
Endo | Inner lining |
Peri | Membrane surrounding |