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PMI MED. TERMINOLOGY
WORD ROOTS, PREFIX, SUFFIX
Term | Definition |
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aer | air |
angi | vessel |
arteri | artery |
bucc | cheek |
cardi | heart |
coron | crown circle |
cubit | elbow |
cyte | cell |
dermat | skin |
erythr | red |
gluc | sugar, glucose |
glyc | sugar, glucose |
hemat | blood |
leuk | white |
nephr | kidney |
onc | tumor |
path | disease |
pleb | vein |
ren | kidney |
scler | hard |
thromb | clot |
ven | vein |
a-, an-, ar- | without, away from |
aniso- | unequal |
anti- | against |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cyan- | blue |
dys- | difficult |
endo- | in, within |
epi- | on, over, upon |
erythr- | red |
extra- | outside |
homeo- | same |
hyper- | too much, high |
hypo- | low, under |
intra- | within |
iso- | equal, same |
mal- | poor, bad |
micro- | small |
per- | through |
pre- | before |
supra- | above |
tachy- | rapid, fast |
tri- | three |
-ac, -al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | recording, writing |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | the study of |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction |
-oma | tumor |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-rrhage | burst forth/ excessive flow |
-stasis | stopping, controlling, standing |
-tomy | cutting, incision |
-ule | small |