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Medical Terminology
Kinesiology- Medical Terminology prefixes, suffixes and word bases
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a,an | without, lack of |
| ad | to, toward, near to |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| bi | twice, two |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| contra | against, opposite |
| dia, per | through |
| ecto | outer |
| endo | within, inside |
| epi | upon, above |
| erythro | red |
| exo | outside,outer |
| extra | outside |
| hemi | semi, half |
| homeo | same |
| hyper | increase |
| hypo | decrease |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| adeno | gland |
| angio | vessel |
| arthr | joint |
| carin | cancer |
| cardia/o | heart |
| cerebro | brain |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cyte/o | cell |
| derm | skin |
| edem | swell |
| entro | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| gloss | tongue |
| glyco | sugar, sweet |
| hem | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hist | tissue |
| hydro | water |
| leuko | white |
| lip | fat |
| mast | breast |
| myelo | spinal cord |
| mal | bad |
| meso | middle |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono | single |
| multi | poly, many |
| neo | new |
| para | beside, beyond, near |
| peri | around |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pseudo | false |
| sclero | hard |
| sub | under |
| super, supra | above, upon |
| tachy | fast |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| algia | pain |
| clast | break |
| emia | blood |
| ectomy | cut out |
| gram | drawing |
| myo | muscle |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| oculo | eye |
| odonto | teeth |
| ortho | straight, normal |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| phleb | vein |
| pneumo | air, lungs |
| pod | foot |
| psycho | mind |
| tox | poison |
| viscer | internal organ |
| graph | instrument that records |
| ism | condition, state of |
| itis | inflammation, swelling |
| ology | study of |
| lysis | break up, dissolving |
| oma | tumor |
| ory | referring to |
| osis | condition of |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| phobia | fear of |
| plegia | paralysis |
| scope | examine, instrument to examine |
| stasis | stop |
| stomy | make an artificial opening |
| tomy | cut, incision |