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MG Information
prefix and suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| homo | means same |
| hetero | means different |
| aniso | unequal size, iso |
| hypo | hyper |
| syn and sym | together or joined |
| syn | fixed or joined |
| sym | suffering (medical) or feeling (standard) |
| super and supra | above or beyound |
| a and an | without or lack of |
| epi | means upon or over |
| extra | means outside or beyound, in addition to |
| infra | means below or under |
| sub | means under or below |
| meta | beyound, after, occurring later in a series |
| bi | means both or two |
| ultra | means beyound or in excess |
| anti | means against |
| contra | means against |
| trans | means across or over |
| in | means into |
| mal | means bad |
| uni | means one |
| bi | means two |
| tri | means three |
| furco | means branching or dividing |
| multi | means many |
| semi | means half |
| hemi | means half |
| con | means with |
| dis | means to free of, to separate, or to undo |
| dys | means difficult or painful |
| post | means behind or after |
| ante | means before or forward |
| pre | means before or in front of |
| a.m. means ante-meridiem | before noon |
| p.m. means post meridiem | after noon |
| inter | means between |
| intra | means within |
| estasia or ectasis | means dilation or expansion |
| melan/o | means black |
| myc/o | means mushroom or fungus |
| pneum/o | means lung |
| a/pnea | absence of breathing |
| dys/pnea | difficult breathing |
| tach/pnea | rapid breathing |
| brady/pnea | slow breathing |
| ortho/pnea | able to breathe only when sitting up or standing |
| hem/o/pty/sis | expectorating (coughing up) blood |
| hyper/ventil/ation | excessive movement of air in and out of lungs, sighing respirations |
| hyp/oxia | low oxygen levels in organs and tissues |
| cyan/osis | bluish color due to hypoxia |
| pne/o | combining form for breathing or breath |
| ortho | means straight |
| hemo | means blood |
| ptyal | means saliva or sputum |
| hem/o/pyt/sis | condition of bloody sputum |
| ptyal/o/rrhea | means flow of saliva |
| naso | means nasal cavity |
| ment/o | means chin |
| epi | means upon |
| staxis | means dripping or oozing |
| epi/staxis | means nosebleed or hemorrahage from the nose |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ad | means toward |
| sinistr/o | left |
| sinistr/ad | means toward the left |
| dextr/o | means right |
| dextr/ad | means toward the right |
| iatrist and iatric | medical professionals or physicians |
| chir/o | means hands |
| ger/i | means old age |
| nyct/o | means night |
| aden/o | means gland |
| cardi/o | means heart |
| cheil/o | lips |
| dactyl/o | digits |
| dent/o | teeth |
| serm/o | skin |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| onych/o | nails |
| ophthalm/o | eyes |
| ot/o | ears |
| phag/o | eat |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| urethro | urethra |
| -ia (suffix) | means condition |
| -statis | stopping or controlling |
| schizo and schisto and schisis | split, cleft, or fissure |
| carp/o | wrist |
| meta | beyound |
| tars/o | tarsal bones in the ankle |
| humer/o | bone of the upper arm |
| femor/o | thigh, longest bone in the body |
| tibia | shin bone |
| ileum | part of small intestine of the digestive system |
| ili/o | pelvic bone |
| ischi/o | part of the hip bone known as ischium |
| cost/o | ribs |
| xiph/o | sternum |
| rachi/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | spine |
| lamin/o | thin, flat sheet, plate, or membrane |
| myel/o/gram | spinal x-ray |
| ophthaml/o | eye |
| ocular | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| -opia | suffix denoting a vison condition |
| cyanopia | defect in vision causes objects to appear blue |
| xanthopia | yellow vision |
| chloropia | green vision |
| erythropia | red vision |
| diplo | double |
| -opia | vision |
| ambi | both or both sides |
| dipl and diplo | double |
| -opter | visible |
| exo | outward |
| eso | toward |
| hypo | downward |
| hyper | upward |
| phac/o | crystalline lens of the eye |
| -cele | herniation or dislocation |
| ir/o and irid/o | iris |
| core/o | pupil |
| kerat | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| lacrimal | tears |
| lacrimation | tearing |
| onych | nails |
| trich/o | hair |
| par/onch/ia | conditon of infection of tissues around the nail |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| phagia | condition of eating or swallowing |
| endo | inside |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| testic, orchid/o, orchi/o | testis |
| -emia | condition of the blood or in the blood |
| -emia | in the blood |
| hemat/o | combing form used as a prefix meaning blood |
| traumatology | study of caring for wounds |
| traumatic | pertaining to wounds or woundedness |
Created by:
yolanda greer
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