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Unit1 building words/ Medical Terminology includes prefix, words, and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MONO- / UNI- | ONE |
| BI- | TWO |
| TRI- | THREE |
| AB- | AWAY FROM |
| AD- | TOWARDS |
| ECTO- / EXO- | OUTSIDE |
| ENDO- | INSIDE |
| EPI- | UPON |
| ANTERIOR/VENTRAL | THE FRONT |
| POSTERIOR/DORSAL | THE BACK |
| SUPERIOR | ABOVE |
| INFERIOR | BELOW |
| LATERAL | OUT TO THE SIDE |
| DISTAL | FARTHER AWAY FROM CENTER |
| PROXIMAL | CLOSER TO CENTER |
| AMBI- | BOTH |
| EU- | GOOD |
| HOMO- | SIMILIAR |
| ISO- | EQUAL |
| MAL- | ILL OR BAD |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -OID | RESEMBLING |
| -OPATHY | DISEASE |
| -PNEA | BREATHING OR RESPIRATION |
| -CENTESIS | PUNCTURE |
| -ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
| -OSTOMY | CREATION OF A OPENING |
| -OTOMY | MAKING INICISION OR ACT OF CUTTING |
| -ORRHAPHY | SUTURE OR SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -OPEXY | SURICAL FIXATION |
| -OPLASTY | SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION |
| -OTRIPSY | SURGICAL CRUSHING |
| EPONYMS | NAMES BY ANOTHER PERSON |
| GEN/O | CREATION, CAUSE |
| HYDRO/O | WATER |
| MORPH/O | CHANGE |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| NECR/O | DEATH |
| ORTH/O | STRAIGHT |
| PATH/O | SUFFERING, DISEASE |
| PHAG/O | EAT |
| PLAS/O | FORMATION |
| PY/O | PUS |
| SCLER/O | HARD |
| STEN/O | NARROWING |
| TROPH/O | NOURISHMENT/DEVELOPMENT |
| XEN/O | FOREIGN |
| -AC / -AL / -AR / -ARY / -EAL / -IC / -TIC / -OUS | PERTAINING TO |
| -IA / -ISM | CONDITION |
| -IUM | TISSUE, STRUCTURE |
| -Y | CONDITION, PROCEDURE |
| -ICLE / -OLE / -ULE / -ULA | SMALL |
| -IST | SPECIALIST |
| -LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -IATRICS / -IATRY | MEDICAL SCIENCE |
| -IATRIST | SPECIALIST IN THE MEDICINE OF |
| -IST | SPECIALIST |
| -LOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF |
| -ALGIA / -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -CELE | HERNIA (BULGING OF TISSUE INTO AN AREA WHERE IT DOESNT BELONG) |
| -IASIS | PRESENCE OF |
| -LYSIS | LOOSEN, BREAK DOWN |
| -MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGMENT |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OSIS | CONDITION |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PENIA | DEFICIENCY |
| -PTOSIS | DROOPING |
| -RRHAGE / -RRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE FLOW |
| -RRHEA | FLOW |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -SPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION |
| -CENTESIS | PUNCTURE |
| -GRAM | WRITTEN RECORD |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT USED TO PRODUCE A RECORD |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -METER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
| -METRY | PROCESS OF MEASURING |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED TO LOOK |
| -SCOPY | PROCESS OF LOOKING |
| -DESIS | BINDING, FIXATION |
| -ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
| -PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION |
| -PLASTY | RECONSTRUCTION |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURE |
| -STOMY | CREATION OF AN OPENING |
| -TOMY | INCISION |
| A- / AN- | NOT |
| ANTI- / CONTRA- | AGAINST |
| DE- | DOWN, AWAY |
| ANTE- / PRE- | BEFORE |
| PRO- | BEFORE/ON BEHALF OF |
| BRADY- | SLOW |
| TACHY- | FAST |
| POST- | AFTER |
| RE- | AGAIN |
| CIRCUM- / PERI- | AROUND |
| DIA- | THROUGH |
| TRANS- | ACROSS |
| E- / EC- / EX | OUT |
| EXTRA- | OUTSIDE |
| INTRA- | INSIDE/IN |
| SUB- | BENEATH |
| INTER- | BETWEEN |
| HEMI- / SEMI- | HALF |
| HYPER- | OVER |
| HYPO- | UNDER |
| MACRO- | LARGE OR BIG |
| MICRO- | SMALL |
| OLGIO- | FEW |
| PAN- / MULTI- | MANY |
| CON- / SYN- / SYM- | WITH, TOGETHER |
| EU- | GOOD |
| DYS- | BAD |
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