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Prefixes/Suffixes
Gadsden Jobcorps CNA Medical Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, an | without, not, lack of |
| ante | before, in front of |
| bi | two, twice, double |
| brady | slow |
| contra | against |
| dis | apart, free from |
| dys | bad, painful |
| endo | inner |
| epi | on, upon, over |
| erythro | red |
| ex | out, away from |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | too much, high |
| hypo | below, under |
| inter | between, within |
| leuk | white |
| mal | bad, illness, disorder |
| micro | small |
| olig | small, scant |
| patho | disease, suffering |
| per | by, through |
| peri | around |
| poly | many, much |
| post | after, behind |
| pre | before, in front of |
| sub | under, beneath |
| supra | above, over |
| tachy | swift, fast, rapid |
| abdomin | abdomen |
| aden | gland |
| angi | vessel |
| arterio | artery |
| arthr | joint |
| brachi | arm |
| bronchi, bronch | bronchus |
| card, cardi | heart |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| cephal | head |
| chole, chol | bile |
| colo | colon |
| cost | rib |
| crani | skull |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | bladder, cyst |
| derm, derma | skin |
| duoden | duodenum |
| encephal | brain |
| gaster, gastro | stomach |
| geron | aged |
| gluco | sweet |
| glycol, glyc | sweet |
| gyneco, gyno | woman |
| hema, hemato, hemo | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hyster | uterus |
| ile, ilio | ileum |
| laryng | larynx |
| lymph | lymph |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| melan | black |
| mening | meninges, membranes covering the spinal cord and brain. |
| necro | death |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| onc | tumor |
| ophthalm | eye |
| oste | bone |
| ot | ear |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| phleb | vein |
| pneo | breathing |
| pneum | air, gas, respiration |
| pod | foot |
| proct | anus, rectum |
| pulm | lung |
| splen | spleen |
| stomat | mouth |
| therm | hot, heat |
| thorac | chest |
| thromb | blood clot |
| toxic | poison |
| trache | trachea, windpipe |
| urethr | urethra |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal of |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ism | a condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -ostomy | creation of an opening |
| -otomy | cut into |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | lack |
| -phagia | to eat |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -phobia | exaggerated fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -scopy | examination using a scope |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -uria | condition of the urine |
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