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med term 1001
prefix and suffix
Question | Answer |
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pre | before |
peri | around |
post | after |
epi | above, upon |
hypo | under, below, deficient |
infra | under, below |
sub | under |
inter | between |
pro or pre | before, infront |
retro | backward, behind |
bi | two |
dipl or diplo | double |
hemi | one half |
hyper | excessive, above normal |
macro | large |
micro | small |
mono or uni | one |
multi or poly | many, much |
primi | first |
quadri | four |
tri | three |
ab | from, away from |
ad | toward |
circum | around |
dia or trans | through, across |
ecto or exo or extra | outside, outward |
endo or intra | in, within |
para | near, beside, beyond |
super | upper,above |
supra | above, excessive, superior |
ultra | excess, beyond |
a or an | without, not |
anti or contra | against |
brady | slow |
dys | bad, painful, difficult |
eu | good, normal |
hetero | different |
homo or homeo | same |
mal | bad |
pan | all |
pseudo | false |
syn | union, together, joined |
tachy | rapid |
itis | inflamation |
emesis | vomiting |
dynia | pain |
logy | study of |
centesis | surgical puncture |
clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
desis | binding, fixation of a bone or joint |
ectomy | excision, removal |
lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
pexy | fixation, of an organ |
plasty | surgical repair |
rrhaphy | suture |
stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
tome | instrument to cut |
tomy | incision |
tripsy | crushing |
gram | record, writing |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
meter | instrument for measuring |
metry | act of measuring |
scope | instrument for examining |
scopy | visual examination |
algia or dynia | pain |
cele | hernia, swelling |
ectasis | dilatation, expansion |
edema | swelling |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood condition |
gen or genesis | forming, producing, origin |
iasis | abnormal condition, produced by something specific |
lith | stone, calculus |
malacia | softening |
megaly | enlargement |
oma | tumor |
osis | abnormal condition, increase used primarily with blood cells |
pathy | disease |
penia | decrease, deficiency |
phagia | eating, swallowing |
phasia | speech |
phobia | fear |
plasia or plasm | formation, growth |
plegia | paralysis |
ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
rrhage or rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
rrhea | discharge, flow |
rrhexis | rupture |
sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
toxic | poison |
trophy | nourishment, development |
ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ical, ile, ior, ous, tic | pertaning to |
esis, ia, ism, ist, y | condition, process |
iatry | medicine, treatment |
icle, ole, ule | small, minute |