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Allied Health
Health terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | no, not without, away from negative. |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| brady- | slow |
| -poisesis | formation, to make |
| -para | to give birth |
| Per- | exclusive, through |
| Pro- | before, in and behalf of |
| Post | after, behind |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| mega- | large, great |
| -metry | to measure |
| sub- | under, less, below |
| -Phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| uni- | one |
| dys- | bad, difficult or painful |
| -logy | study of |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling or emotion |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -phage | a cell that destroys, eats, swallows |
| -graph | a picture or record, machine for recording |
| retro | behind, backward, back of |
| tri- | three |
| an- | no, not without |
| -desis | surgical fixation or bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| hyper | excessive, increased |
| dipl- | double |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| ecto- | out , outside |
| mal- | bad, poor, evil |
| multi- | many, much |
| emesis | vomiting |
| -glia | glue like nervous tissue |
| endo | in, within, inside |
| -oid | like resembling |
| -opsia | vision, view of |
| -iac- | pertaining to |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -ile | capable of |
| clast | break down |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| hemi- | half |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| inter- | between, among |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| ex- | out of, outside away from |