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Medical Terminology

Roots, Prefixes, suffixes

TermDefinition
ABDOMIN- ABDOMEN
ANGI- VESSEL
ANTER- FRONT
ARTERI- ARTERY
ARTHR- JOINT
AUT- SELF
BACTERI- BACTERIA
BRACHI- ARM
BRONCHI- WINDPIPE
CARDI- HEART
CEPHAL- HEAD
CERVIC- NECK
CIRRH- ORANGE / YELLOW
CORNE- CORNEA
CRANI- SKULL
CUTANE- SKIN
CYAN- BLUE
DERM(AT)- SKIN
DIGIT- FINGER / TOE
DIPL- DOUBLE
DORS- BACK
ENTER- INTESTINE
ERYTH- RED
FORAMEN- OPENING
GASTR- STOMACH
GLYC- SUGAR
GYN- WOMAN
HEM(AT) BLOOD
HEPAT- LIVER
HYDR- WATER
LEUK- WHITE
MAL- BAD
MELAN- BLACK
MENING- MENINGES
MY- MUSCLE
NEPHR- KIDNEY
NEUR- NERVE
OCUL- EYE
OSTE- BONE
PATH- DISEASE
PHARYNG- THROAT / PHARYNX
PNEUMO(N)- LUNGS / AIR / GAS
PSYCH- MIND
PULMON- LUNGS
THORAC- CHEST / THORAX
UTER- UTERUS / WOMB
VAS- VESSELS / DUCT / VAS DEFERNCE
VISCER- ORGAN (INTERNAL)
CEREBR- CEREBRUM
A- LACK OF
AB- AWAY FROM
AD- TOWARD
AN- NONE / WITHOUT
ANTE- BEFORE / FORWARD
ANTI- AGAINST
AUTO- SELF
BI- TWO
BRADY- SLOW
CONTRA- AGAINST / OPPOSITE
DE- LACK OF
DI- TWO
DYS- BAD / DIFFICULT
ECT(O)- OUT OF
END(O)- INSIDE OF
EPI- ABOVE / UPON
HEMI- HALF
HYPER- HIGH / EXCESSIVE
HYPO- LOW / LACK O F
INFRA- BELOW
INTER- BETWEEN
INTRA- WITHIN
PARA- NEAR / ABNORMAL
PERI- SURROUNDING
POST- AFTER / BEHIND
PRE- BEFORE
PRO- BEFORE / FORWARD
RETRO- BEHIND
SUB- UNDER
SUPER- ABOVE / BEYOND
SUPRA- ABOVE / UPPER
TACHY- FAST
TRANS- ACROSS
-ALGIA PAIN
-CYTE CELL
-ECTOMY REMOVAL
-EMESIS VOMITING
-EMIA BLOOD CONDITION
-ITIS INFLAMMATION
-MEGALY ENLARGEMENT
-OLOGY STUDY OF
-OMA TUMOR / MASS / FLUID COLLECTION
-OSIS USUALLY AN ABNORMAL CONDITION
-PATHY DISEASE / EMOTION
-PHAGIA EATING / SWALLOWING
-PHASIA SPEECH
-PNEA BREATHING / RESPIRATION
-STASIS STOP / CONTROL / PLACE
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