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Suffixes & Prefixes
Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -genic | producing |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ia | pathological condition |
| -algia | pain |
| -ic | characteristic of |
| -osis | condition of, to review, abnormal condition |
| -lepsy | seizure or attack |
| -idy | body or particle |
| -ine | relating to |
| -ite | Salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous Segment of a body part |
| -itic | characterized by inflammation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | breaking open |
| -centesis | puncture and aspirtion |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | seperation |
| -opsy | view of, vision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tomy | incision, cutting |
| -ac, -iac, -al, -eal, -ial, -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -ella | small |
| -iatric | medical treatment |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ous | characteristic of |
| -plasty | formation, plastic repair of |
| -ular | pertaining to |
| -vourous | eating |
| A-, An- | no, not, without |
| Ana- | up, apart |
| Anti- | against |
| Auto- | self |
| Bi- | two |
| Brady- | deficient, under |
| Chloro- | green |
| Chromo- | color |
| Co-, com-, con- | with, together |
| Cyano- | blue |
| De- | down, lack of |
| Deci- | one tenth |
| Di- | two |
| Dia- | through, between, apart, across, completely |
| Dys- | bad, painful |
| Erythro- | red |
| Hemi- | half |
| Hexa- | six |
| Hyper- | excessive, above |
| Hypo- | below, deficient |
| Leuko- | white |
| Macro- | large |
| Mal- | bad |
| Melano- | black |
| Meta- | change, beyond |
| Micro- | small |
| Multi- | many |
| Neo- | new |
| Pan- | all |
| Pent- | five |
| Poly- | many, much |
| Pseudo- | false |
| Quadr- | four |
| Sub- | less than, beneath |
| Sym-, Syn- | with, together |
| Tachy- | fast |
| Tri- | three |
| Ultra- | beyond |
| Xanth- | yellow |
| Ab- | away from |
| Ad- | toward, near |
| Ante- | before, forward |
| Dis- | apart, way, from |
| Ec-, ecto- | outside |
| Endo- | wihtin, in, inner |
| Epi- | above |
| Ex- | out |
| Extra- | outside of |
| In- | in, into |
| Infra- | below, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| Intra- | within |
| Para- | near, alongside |
| Peri- | surrounding |
| Post- | After, behind |
| Pre- | before |
| Pro-, Pros- | before, forward |
| Re- | back, gain |
| Retro- | behind, backward |
| Sub- | beneath, less than |
| Supra- | above, upper |
| Trans- | across, through |
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