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Med Terms
Suffixes, Prefixes, and Combining forms for Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, near |
| endo- | innermost, within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| sub- | below, underneath |
| trans- | across, through |
| brady- | slow |
| hyper- | above, more than normal |
| hypo- | below, deficient |
| poly- | many, much |
| tachy- | fast |
| ultra- | excessive |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half, one side |
| mono- | one |
| tri- | three |
| quadri- | four |
| semi- | half, partial |
| tetra- | four |
| uni- | one |
| a- | away from |
| an- | without, not |
| anti- | against |
| de- | reversal, without |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| eu- | normal, good |
| mal- | bad, inadequate |
| mega- | large, great |
| micro- | small |
| re- | again & again, backward |
| super- | more than, above |
| -algia | related to pain |
| -emia | related to blood |
| -ia | condition, state, thing |
| -ism | disease from a specific cause, process |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -lepsy | attack, seizure |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| -osis | condition, process |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pnea | related to breathing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -plasty | to modify or reshape |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting, process of making an incision |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ian | specialist in some field |
| -iatry | medical specialty |
| -ics | medical specialty |
| -iatrics | medical specialty |
| -ist | person(thing) who specializes in |
| -logy | study of |
| -ation | being, having, process |
| -ion | action, condition |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| append/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| intestine/o | intestine |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| urin/o | urine, urinary system |
| ven/o | vein |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| dermat/o | skin |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| mamm/o | breast |
| nas/o | nose |
| ne/o | new |
| neur/o | nerve |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| psych/o | mind |
| therap/o | treatment |
| therm/o | heat |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| enter/o | intestine |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| pod/o | foot |
| vas/o | blood vessel |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| eosin/o | red |
| erthr/o | red |
| rub/o | red |
| glauc/o | silver gray |
| verd/o | green |
| melan/o | black |
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