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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | without, not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, near |
| ambi- | both |
| ante- | before |
| con- | with or together |
| de- | not, from, down |
| dia- | across, through |
| dis- | apart, separate |
| e- | out,away |
| ecto- | outside |
| en- | inside, within |
| intra- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| eu- | normal or good |
| hemi- | half |
| infra- | under |
| inter- | between |
| mal- | bad |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| neo- | new |
| pachy- | thick |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal, alongside, beside |
| per- | through |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | again or back |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| sub- | under, below |
| super- | above or excessive |
| supra- | outside or beyond |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond excessive |
| SUFIX | |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -blast | immature |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -iatric | treatment |
| -iatry | study of |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of |
| -icle,- ole,- ula,- ule | small |
| -ium/-eum | tissue or structure |
| -ize/-ate | make, use, subject to |
| -or | one who |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | examination |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | pouch, sac, or hernia |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| -form/-oid | like or resembling |
| -genic | beginning, origin, or |
| -genesis | production |
| -ia/-ism | condition of |
| -iasis | formation of, presence of |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -penia | abnormal reduction, lack of |
| -phage/-phagia/-phagy | eat; devour |
| -phile/-philia | attraction for; love for |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -plasia | formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling |
| -rrhage | to burst forth |
| -rrhagia | condition of bleeding |
| -rrhea | discharge or flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture or breaking |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -trophy | development |
| -y | condition or process of |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -desis | blinding |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -pexy | surgical suspension or fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an artificial opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| Root Word | |
| abdomin- | abdomen |
| angi- | vessel |
| bacteri- | bacteria |
| bi- | life |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| cephal- | head |
| cyst- | sac |
| cyt- | cell |
| electr- | electricity |
| enter- | intestines |
| fibrin- | fiber |
| gnath- | jaw |
| gynec- | woman, female |
| hem- | blood |
| hemat- | blood |
| hepat- | liver |
| irid- | iris |
| kerat- | keratin |
| lip- | fat |
| mast- | breast |
| necr- | death |
| nephr- | kidney |
| onc- | tumor |
| path- | disease |
| pelv- | pelvic |
| radi- | x-rays |
| ren- | renal, the kidney |
| sarc- | flesh |
| sial- | saliva, salivary glands |
| thromb- | clot |
| trache- | trachea |
| uter- | uterus |