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LewisU 230 Med Terms

Prefix and Suffix JenR

Prefix/SuffixMeaning
a-, an- no, not, without
ad- toward, near, to
bi- two, double
de- down, away from
di- two, double
dif-, dis- apart, free from, separate
dys- bad, difficult, painful
ec-, ecto- out, outside, outer
end-, endo- within, inner
ep-, epi- upon, over, above
eu- good, normal
ex-, exo- out, away from
extra- outside, beyond
hyper- above, beyond, excessive
hypo- below, under, deficient
in- in, into, not
mega- large, great
meta- beyond, over, between, change
para- beside, alongside, abnormal
poly- many, much, excessive
post- after, behind
pre- before, in front of
pro- before, in front of
super- above, beyond
supra- above, beyond
ab- away from
ad- toward
ana- up
ante- before
cata- down
circum-, peri- around
endo- within
epi- upon, above
ex- out, away from
extra- outside, beyond
hyper- above, excessive
hypo- below, deficient
infra- below
inter- between
intra- within
meso- middle
sub- below, under
retro- backward
ambi- both
bi- two, double
centi- a hundred
deca- ten
dipl- double
di(s) two, apart
milli- one-thousandth
multi- many, much
nulli- none
poly- many
primi- first
quadri- four
quint- five
semi-, hemi- half
tetra- four
tri- three
uni- one
anti-, contra- against
auto- self
brachy- short
brady- slow
cac-, mal- bad
dia- through
dys- bad, difficult
eu- good, normal
hetero- different
homeo- similar, same
hydro- water
micro- small
oligo- scanty, little
pan- all
pseudo- false
sym-, syn together
-ate use, action
-blast immature cell, germ cell
-ectasis dilatation, dilation, distention
-gen formation, produce
-genesis formation, produce
-genic formation, produce
-gram weight, mark, record
-ic pertaining to, chemical
-ive nature of, quality of
-lymph serum, clear fluid
-lysis destruction, to separate
-megaly enlargement, large
-penia lack of, deficiency
-plasm a thing formed, plasma
-plegia stroke, paralysis
-ptosis prolapse, drooping
-rrhea flow, discharge
-scopy to view, examine
-spasm tension, spasm
-stasis control, stopping
-staxia dripping, trickling
-trophy nourishment, development
-y pertaining to
-algia, -dynia pain
-cele hernia, tumor, swelling
-emesis vomitting
-itis inflammation
-lith stone
-lysis destruction, separation
-malacia softening
-megaly enlargement, large
-oid resemble
-oma tumor
-osis condition of
-pathy disease
-penia deficiency
-phobia fear
-plegia paralysis, stroke
-ptosis drooping
-ptysis spitting
-rrhage bursting forth
-rrhagia bursting forth
-rrhexis rupture
-centesis surgical procedure
-desis binding
-ectomy excision
-graph to write, record
-graphy recording
-meter instrument to measure, measure
-opsy to view
-pexy surgical fixation
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhaphy suture
-scope instrument
-scopy to view
-stasis control, stopping
-stomy new opening
-tome instrument to cut
-tomy incision
-cyte cell
-ist one who specializes, agent
-logy study of
-phagia to eat
-plasia formation, produce
-phasia to speak
-philia attraction
-phraxis to obstruct
-physis growth
-pnea breathing
-poiesis formation
-therapy treatment
-uria urine
-tripsy crushing
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