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MedTerm1
prefixes, roots, suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-; an- | without; lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| contra-; anti- | against;opposite |
| ante-; pre- | before |
| tri- | three |
| peri- | around |
| para- | beside |
| bi- | two; double |
| sym-; syn-; com-; con- | with; together |
| ec-; ex-; extra-; ecto- | out from; outside |
| in-; im- | not |
| em-; en-; im-; in- | in; within |
| intra-; intro- | within |
| inter- | between |
| hemi-; semi- | half |
| hype-r; super-; supra- | above; excessive |
| hypo-; infra-; sub- | under; below; deficient |
| trans- | across |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| re-; retro- | back; backward |
| ad- | to; toward |
| epi- | on; upon |
| end-; endo- | in; within; inside |
| aden | gland |
| angi | vessel |
| arthr | joint |
| cardi; card | heart |
| cerebr | brain |
| cephal | head |
| cerv | neck |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cost | rib |
| crani | skull |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| derm | skin |
| enter | intestine |
| gastr | stomach |
| glyc | sweet |
| hem; hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hyster; metr | uterus |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| mening | membrane |
| myel | marrow |
| my; myos | muscle |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| oste | bone |
| pneum | lung; air |
| proct | rectum; anus |
| psych | mind |
| py | pus |
| ten; tend; tendin | tendon |
| viscer | organ |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -oma | tumor; neoplasm |
| -cele | swelling; herniation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -pathy | diseased |
| -rhexis | rupture |
| -ectasis | stretching |
| -ectomy | cutting out; excision |
| -otomy | incision into |
| -ostomy | making a permanent opening |
| -scopy | inspection; examination |
| -plasty | surgical correction; plastic repair of |
| -rhaphy | suture |
| -desis | fixation; binding |
| -pexy | fixation; suspension |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -lysis | loosening; breaking down |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -genic | origin |
| -penia | decrease; lack of |
| -osis | increase; condition |
| -oid | like |
| -emia | blood (like) |
| -iasis | presence of |