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med term 1001
prefix and suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pre | before |
| peri | around |
| post | after |
| epi | above, upon |
| hypo | under, below, deficient |
| infra | under, below |
| sub | under |
| inter | between |
| pro or pre | before, infront |
| retro | backward, behind |
| bi | two |
| dipl or diplo | double |
| hemi | one half |
| hyper | excessive, above normal |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono or uni | one |
| multi or poly | many, much |
| primi | first |
| quadri | four |
| tri | three |
| ab | from, away from |
| ad | toward |
| circum | around |
| dia or trans | through, across |
| ecto or exo or extra | outside, outward |
| endo or intra | in, within |
| para | near, beside, beyond |
| super | upper,above |
| supra | above, excessive, superior |
| ultra | excess, beyond |
| a or an | without, not |
| anti or contra | against |
| brady | slow |
| dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu | good, normal |
| hetero | different |
| homo or homeo | same |
| mal | bad |
| pan | all |
| pseudo | false |
| syn | union, together, joined |
| tachy | rapid |
| itis | inflamation |
| emesis | vomiting |
| dynia | pain |
| logy | study of |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| desis | binding, fixation of a bone or joint |
| ectomy | excision, removal |
| lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| pexy | fixation, of an organ |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| tripsy | crushing |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| algia or dynia | pain |
| cele | hernia, swelling |
| ectasis | dilatation, expansion |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen or genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| iasis | abnormal condition, produced by something specific |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition, increase used primarily with blood cells |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia or plasm | formation, growth |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| rrhage or rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ical, ile, ior, ous, tic | pertaning to |
| esis, ia, ism, ist, y | condition, process |
| iatry | medicine, treatment |
| icle, ole, ule | small, minute |
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