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Med Term Chapter 1
Prefixes, Word Roots, Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cis/o | to cut |
| dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gynec/o | female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | protection |
| lyryng/o | larynx or voice box |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| anti- | antibiotic |
| auto- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | without |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | within, inner |
| epi- | above |
| eu- | normal |
| ex- | outward |
| extra- | outside of |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | below, insufficient |
| in- | not, inward |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside, abnormal, two like parts of a pair |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | again |
| retro- | backwards, behind |
| sub- | under |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| ultra- | beyond |
| un- | not |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| semi- | partial |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -genic | producing |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhagia | abnormal flow condition |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -atic -eal -iac, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ine, -ior -nic -ory, -ose, -ous -tic | pertaining to |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopic | pertaining to visually examing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
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