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PMI MED. TERMINOLOGY
WORD ROOTS, PREFIX, SUFFIX
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |