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Medical Terms PCP310
Combing words, Prefix and Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Artho/o | Joint |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Enter/o | Intestines (Small Intestine) |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Neue/o | Nerve |
| Hem/o, Hemat/o | Blood |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Gen/o | Creation |
| Hydro/o | Water |
| Morph/o | Change |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Necr/o | Death |
| Orth/o | Straight |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Phag/o | Eat |
| Plas/o | Formation |
| Py/o, Purul/o | pus |
| Scler/o | Hard |
| Sten/o | Narrowing |
| Troph/o | Nourishment/ Development |
| Xen/o | Stranger/ Foreigner |
| -centesis | Puncture |
| -gram | Written Record |
| -graph | Instrument used to produce record |
| -graphy | Writing procedure |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -entry | Process of measuring |
| -scope | Instrument used to look |
| -scopy | Process of looking |
| -desis | Binding/ Fixation |
| -ectomy | Removal |
| Angi/o | Vessel (blood) |
| Vas/o | Vessel, Duct |
| Vascul/o | Vessel (blood) |
| Derm/o, Dermat/o, Derma | Skin |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Pneumo/o, Pneumon/o, | Lung |
| Pulmon/o | Lung |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ia, -ism, -y | Condition |
| -ium | Structure, Tissue |
| -icle, -ole, -ule, -ula | Small |
| -logist | Specialist |
| -logy | Study of |
| -algia, | Pain |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -Iasis | Presense of |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lysis | Loosen |
| -malacia | Abnormal Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition (usually abnormal) |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -ptosis | Droop, Sag, Prolapse |
| -rrhea | Flow, Discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary Contraction |
| -pexy | Surgical Fixation |
| -plasty | Reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -stomy | Creation |
| -tomy | Incision |
| A-, An- | Not |
| Anti- | Against |
| Contra- | Against |
| De- | Down, Away |
| Ante- | Before |
| Pre-, Pro- | Before |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Post- | After |
| Re- | Again |
| Ab- | Away |
| Ad- | Toward |
| Circum- | Around |
| Peri- | Around |
| Dia- | Through |
| Trans- | Through |
| E-, Ec-, Ex- | Out |
| Ecto-, Exo-, Extra- | Outside |
| En-, Endo-, Intra | In, Inside |
| Epi- | Upon |
| Sub- | Beneath |
| Inter- | Between |
| Bi- | Two |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Semi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Over |
| Hypo- | Under |
| Macro- | Large |
| Micro- | Small |
| Mono-, Uni- | One |
| Oligo- | Few |
| Pan- | All |
| Poly-, Multi- | Many |
| Con-, Syn- | With, Together |
| Sym- | With |
| Dys- | Bad |
| Eu | Good |
| Supra | Above |
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