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chapter 3-prefixes

Medical Terminology

TermDefinition
a- absence of, meaning
bi- two or both
dia- through, complete
dys- difficult, painful, abnormal, labored
epi- upon, on, over
hyper- hypo- above, excessive deficient, below, under, incomplete
intra- within, in
meta- change, beyind, after
neo- new
para- beside, around, beyond, abnormal
per- through
pro- before
sub- under, below
trans- through, across, beyond
uni- one
aden/o gland
adip/o fat
albin/o white
aut/o self
bi/o life
coni/o dust
cry/o cold
crypt/o hidden
cutane/o skin
cyan/o blue
derm/o skin
dermat/o skin
erythr/o red
erythemat/o redness
fibr/o fibrous tissues
heter/o other
hidr/o sweat
kerat/o hard, horny tissue, kertain
lei/o smooth
leuk/o white
lip/o, lipid/o fat
melan/o black
myc/o fungus
necr/o death
onych/o nail
pachy/o thick
pil/o hair
py/o pus
rhytid/o wrinkles
sclera/o hardening
seb/o sebum
staphyl/o grapelike cluster
steat/o fat, sebum
strept/o twisted chains
ungu/o nail
xanth/o yellow
xer/o dryness, dry
-a no meaning, noun ending
-al pertaining to
-ad toward
-coccus berry-shaped
-cyte cell
-ectomy excision
-gen substance that produces/causes, agent that produces/causes
-genic producing, originating, causing
-ia condition of, diseased state, abnormal state
-ic pertaining to
-itis inflammation
-ior pertaining to
-iogy study of
-iogist specialist who studies and treats
-malacia softening
-megaly enlarged, enlargement
-oid resembling
-oma tumour, swelling
-opsy view of, process of viewing, viewing
-orrhea flow, excessive discarge
-osis abnormal condition, increased numbers relating to blood
-ous pertaining to
-pathy disease
-phagia eating, swallowing
-plasia development, growth, conditon of formation
-plasm growth, substance, formation
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhea flow, discharge
-sis state of
-stasis stop, controlling, standing
-tome instrument used to cut
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