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Medical Terminology

Prefix, Sufix, Roots

TermDefinition
a, an not
anti, contra against
de down, away from
ante, pre before
pro before, on behalf of
brady slow
tachy fast
post after
re again
ab away
ad toward
circum, peri around
dia, trans through
e, ec, ex out
desis binding, fixation
ectomy removal
pexy surgical fixation
plasty reconstruction
rrhaphy suture
stomy creation of an opening
tomy incision
graph instrument used to produce a record
graphy writing procedure
meter instrument used to measure
metry process of measuring
scope instrument used to look
scopy process of looking
emia blood condition
lasis presence of
itis inflammation
lysis loosen, break down
malacia abnormal softening
megaly enlargement
old resembling
oma tumor
osis condition
pathy disease
penia deficiency
ptosis drooping
rrhage excessive flow
rrhea flow
rrhexis rupture
iatrics, iatry medical science
iatrist specialist in medicine of
ist speialist
logist specialist in the study of
logy study of
icle, ole, ule, ula small
la, ism condition
lum tissue, structure
y condition, procedure
ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, tic, ous pertaining to
sten/o narrowing
scler/o hard
py/o pus
phag/o eat
plas/p formation
orth/o straight
path/o suffering, disease
necr/o death
myc/o fungus
morph/o change
hyd/d water
gen/o creation, cause
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o vessel
derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o skin
pneum/o, pulmon/o lung
hem/o, hemat/o blood
my/o, muscul/o muscle
hepat/o liver
neur/o nerve
gastr/o stomach
enter/o small intestine
cardi/o heart
arthr/o joint
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