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Med Term - PREFIXES

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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a-, an- no, not, without
ab- away from
ad- toward. near
ana- up, apart
ante- before, forward
anti- against
bi- two, both
brady- slow
con- with, together
dia- complete, through
dys- bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec- out, outside
endo- within, in, inner
epi- above, upon
ex- out
extra- outside of
hemi- half
hyper- excessive, too much, above
hypo- deficient, too little, below
in- in, into
inter- between
intra- within
mal- bad
meta- change, beyond
neo- new
para- beside, near, along the side of
peri- surrounding
poly- many, much
post- after, behind
pre- before
pro- before, forward
pros- before, forward
quadri- four
re- back, behind
retro- back, behind
sub- under, less than
syn- with, together
tachy- fast
trans- across, through
tri- three
ultra- beyond
uni- one
circum- around
de- down, away from
e-, ec- out
ecto- outside
en- in, inside
eu- good
micro- small
mono- one
multi- many
oligo- few
pan- all
semi- half
sym- with, together
aut- self
macro- large, abnormal size, big
mega- large, great
super-, supra- above, excessive
-algia condition of pain
-emia blood condition
-ia condition
-itis inflammation
-megaly enlargement
-oma tumor, mass
-osis condition, abnormal condition
-pathy disease condition
-rrhea flow, discharge
-rrhage or -rrhagia excessive discharge of blood, excessive flow
-sclerosis hardening
-uria condition of urine
-al or -eal pertaining to
-ar pertaining to
-ary pertaining to
-ic pertaining to
-centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid
-ectomy removal, resection, excision
-gram record
-graphy process of recording
-lysis separation, breakdown, destruction
-plasty surgical repair, or surgical correction
-scopy process of visual examination
-stomy opening
-therapy treatment
-otomy incision, cutting into
-cele hernia
-desis binding
-dynia pain
-graph instrument used to produce a record
-iasis presence of
-iatrics and -iatry medicine science
-iatrist specialists in medicine of
-icle small
-ist specialist
-ium tissue, structure
-logist specialist in the study of
-logy study of
-malacia abnormal softening
-meter instrument use to measure
-metry process of measuring
-oid resembling
-ole small
-ous pertaining to
-penia deficiency
-pexy surgical fixation
-ptosis drooping
-rrhaphy suture
-rrhexis rupture
-scope instrument used to look
-spasm involuntary contraction
-ula small
-y condition, process
-cyte cell
-ism condition, process
-sis state of
-opsy process of viewing
-necrosis tissue death
-stenosis abnormal narrowing
-plegia paralysis, stroke
-paresis partial or incomplete paralysis
Created by: bmorris02
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