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Medical Terminology
Prefixes and Suffixes and their meanings
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| algia | pain |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bio | live |
| brady | slow |
| cardio | heart |
| cerebro | brain |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| dys | difficult |
| ectomy | cut out |
| endo | within |
| epi | upon |
| exo | outside |
| gastro | stomach |
| graph | instrument that records |
| hist | tissue |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | over |
| hypo | under |
| inter | between |
| ism | condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | study |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| micro | small |
| myo | muscle |
| neo | new |
| neuro | nerve |
| oculo | eye |
| ostero | bone |
| oto | ear |
| pathy | disease |
| peri | around |
| pneumo | lungs |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pseudo | false |
| psycho | mind |
| scope | examine |
| somato | body |
| stomy | artificial opening |
| tachy | fast |
| therm | heat |
| tox | poison |
| tropic | changing |