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med prefix, root,etc
medical prefixes, roots, suffixes, etc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a/n | absence, without |
| ambi | around, all sides |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| dys | difficult, painful |
| eu | good,normal |
| ex | out of |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| hyper | above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo | low, decrease, deficient, below |
| intra | within, into |
| litho | stone, calculus |
| mal | bad, abnormal |
| mega | great, large |
| micr/o | small |
| mono | one |
| olig/o | few, little |
| poly | much, many |
| pseudo | false |
| tachy | rapid |
| trans | across, through |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | lymph or blood vessel |
| ankyl | crooked, bent, fusion |
| bili | bile |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| branchi/o | arm |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/i/o | neck |
| chol/e | bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cyst/i/o | bladder |
| derm | skin |
| gastro | stomach |
| heme/a/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lith/os | stone |
| myel/o | marrow, spinal cord |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| oss, oste/o | bone |
| phryng/o | pharynx |
| pleur/o | side, rib, pleura |
| pnea | breathing |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sten | narrowing |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| algia | pain |
| centesis | puncture a cavity to remove fluid |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | destruction, breakdown |
| oma | tumor |
| opathy | disease of |
| oplasty | surgical repair |
| orrhagia | hemorrage |
| orrhaphy | surgical repair/suture |
| ostomy | cutting into(incision) |
| otripsy | crushing, destroying |
| paresis | weakness |
| plasia | growth |
| poiesis | production |
| rrhea | fluid discharge |
| scope | observe |
| taxis | movement |
| tripsy | crushing |
| trophy | growth |
| epi | upon |
| infra | below, under |
| ipsi | same |
| meta | after, beyond, transformation |
| peri | surrounding |
| retro | behind, back |
| supra | above, upon |
| trans | across, through |
| anterior or ventral | near or at the front of the body |
| posterior or dorsal | near or at the back of the body |
| superior | above |
| inferior | below |
| lateral | side |
| distal | furthest from origin |
| proximal | nearest to origin |
| medial | middle |
| supine | lying face upward |
| prone | laying face downward |
| sagittal | vertical body plane that divides the body into right and left |
| transverse | horizontal body plane that divides the body into top and bottom sections |
| coronal | vertical body plane that divided the body into front and back sections |
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