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Medical Terminology
Prefixes and Suffixes and their meanings
Term | Definition |
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a | without |
ab | away from |
ad | toward |
algia | pain |
anti | against |
auto | self |
bio | live |
brady | slow |
cardio | heart |
cerebro | brain |
cyto | cell |
derm | skin |
dys | difficult |
ectomy | cut out |
endo | within |
epi | upon |
exo | outside |
gastro | stomach |
graph | instrument that records |
hist | tissue |
hydro | water |
hyper | over |
hypo | under |
inter | between |
ism | condition |
itis | inflammation |
logy | study |
macro | large |
mal | bad |
micro | small |
myo | muscle |
neo | new |
neuro | nerve |
oculo | eye |
ostero | bone |
oto | ear |
pathy | disease |
peri | around |
pneumo | lungs |
post | after |
pre | before |
pseudo | false |
psycho | mind |
scope | examine |
somato | body |
stomy | artificial opening |
tachy | fast |
therm | heat |
tox | poison |
tropic | changing |