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PMI-Med Terms 10-3
Medical Terminology (Prefixes, Suffixes, Root Words)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aer | air |
| angie | vessel |
| arteri | artery |
| bili | bile |
| bucc | cheek |
| cardi | heart |
| coron | crown, circle |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | cell |
| cyte | cell |
| derm | skin |
| dermat | skin |
| erythr | red |
| fibrin | fiber |
| gluc | sugar |
| glyc | sugar |
| hem | blood |
| hemat | blood |
| luek | white |
| lip | fat |
| my | muscle |
| necr | death |
| nephr | kidney |
| onc | tumor |
| path | disease |
| phleb | vein |
| ren | kideny |
| scler | hard |
| thorac | chest |
| thromb | clot |
| vas | vessle |
| ven | vein |
| an-,a-, ar- | without, away from |
| aniso- | unequal |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cyan- | blue |
| dys- | difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | on, over, upon |
| erthyr- | red |
| extra- | outside |
| homeo- | same |
| hyper- | too much, high |
| hypo- | low, under |
| intra- | within |
| inter- | between |
| iso- | equal, same |
| mal- | poor, bad |
| per- | through |
| supra- | above |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| -ac, -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ctye | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | recording, writing |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | the study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction |
| -oma | tumor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhage | burst forth/excessive flow |
| -spasm | twitch, involuntary muscle movement |
| -stasis | controlling, stopping, standing |
| -tomy | cutting, incision |
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