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Medical Terminology
pre fix and suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | not, without |
| brady- | slow |
| -cele | swelling/hernia |
| chole- | gall/bile |
| contra- | against |
| -desis | bonding or fusing |
| dys- | difficult/painful |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -emia | blood |
| endo | inner, inside of |
| enter/0 | intestines |
| gluco;glyco- | sugar |
| herni/a | rupture |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -iasis | condition of |
| laparo- | abdomen/abdominal wall |
| mal- | bad,poor |
| myel/0 | spinal cord,bone marrow |
| -oma | toumor |
| ortho- | straight |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| stomy | creating an artificiatl opening |
| otomy | incision into |
| para | near, beside, alongside |
| pathy | disease |
| ped(greek) | child |
| ped(latin) | feet |
| peri | surrounding |
| pnea | breathing |
| poly | many |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhage | bursting forth |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| trophy | development,nurishment,condition of |
| vas/o | vessel |
| Malacia | softing |
| Lysis | setting free |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| meta | beyond |
| dynia | pain |
| plasty | modling/shaping |
| oid | like/resemble |
| hypo | below/under |
| hyper | above/over |
| stasis | control flow |
| ante | pre/before |
| algia | pain |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
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