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MedTerms Unit IV
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an, in - prefx | Without, absence |
| Ab - prefx | Away from |
| Ad - prefx | Towards |
| Pre - prefx | Before |
| Anti - prefx | Against |
| Auto - prefx | Self |
| Bi - prefx | Two |
| Brady - prefx | Slow |
| Circum - prefx | Around |
| Dia, trans - prefx | Through, across |
| Dys - prefx | Painful, difficult |
| Ec, ecto - prefx | Without, outside |
| Endo, intra - prefx | Within, inner |
| Epi - prefx | Above, upon |
| Eu - prefx | Normal |
| Ex, extra - prefx | Away from, external |
| Hemi - prefx | Half |
| Hyper, supra - prefx | Excessive, above |
| Hypo, sub, infra - prefx | Below, beneath |
| Inter - prefx | Between |
| Iso - prefx | Same, equal |
| Mal - prefx | Inadequate |
| Macro - prefx | Large |
| Micro - prefx | Small |
| Multi - prefx | Many |
| Poly - prefx | much |
| Neo - prefx | New |
| Oligo - prefx | Deficiency |
| Para, peri - prefx | Beside, near |
| Post - prefx | After, following |
| Pro - prefx | Before, forward |
| Quadri - prefx | Four |
| Re, Retro - prefx | Behind, back |
| Tachy - prefx | Rapid |
| Tox - prefx | Poisonous |
| Tri - prefx | Three |
| Ultra - prefx | Beyond |
| Uni - prefx | One |
| al, ac, ar, ary, ia, ic, ical, ory, eal, ous - sufx | pertaining to |
| algia, dynia - sufx | pain |
| cele - sufx | hernia |
| centesis - sufx | surgical puncture |
| cide, cidal - sufx | destroying, killing |
| clast, clasis - sufx | breaking |
| cyte - sufx | cell |
| derma - sufx | skin |
| dipsia - sufx | thirst |
| ecatasis - sufx | dilation, expansion |
| ectomy - sufx | excision, surgical removal |
| edema - sufx | swelling |
| emia - sufx | condition of the blood |
| emesis - sufx | vomiting |
| esthesia - sufx | sensation |
| gen, genesis - sufx | creating, producing |
| gram - sufx | record |
| graph - sufx | recording instrument |
| graphy - sufx | process of recording |
| gravida - sufx | pregnant women |
| ia, ism - sufx | condition |
| iasis - sufx | pathological condition or state |
| ist - sufx | specialist |
| it is - sufx | inflammation |
| kinesis, kinesia - sufx | movement |
| lith - sufx | stone |
| logist - sufx | specialist in the study of |
| logy - sufx | study of |
| lysis - sufx | destruction of |
| malacia - sufx | softness |
| megaly - sufx | enlargement |
| meter - sufx | instrument of measuring |
| metry - sufx | measurement |
| oid - sufx | resembling |
| ole, ule - sufx | small |
| oma - sufx | tumor |
| opia - sufx | vision |
| osis - sufx | abnormal condition |
| osis - sufx | abnormal condition |
| oxia - sufx | oxygen |
| paresis - sufx | slight or partial paralysis |
| pathy - sufx | disease |
| pause, stasis- sufx | cessation, stopping |
| penia - sufx | definiency |
| pepsia - sufx | digestion |
| pexy - sufx | surgical fixation |
| phagia, phage - sufx | eating, swallowing |
| phasis - sufx | speech |
| phobia - sufx | fear |
| phoria - sufx | feeling |
| plasm, plasia - sufx | formation, growth |
| plasty - sufx | surgical repair |
| plegia - sufx | paralysis |
| pnea - sufx | breathing |
| ptosis - sufx | drooping, prolapse |
| rrhagia, rrhage - sufx | bursting forth |
| rrhaphy - sufx | suture, suturing |
| rrhea - sufx | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis - sufx | rupture |
| scope - sufx | instrument used to view |
| scopy - sufx | visual examination |
| stenosis - sufx | narrowing, stricture |
| stomia - sufx | mouthlike opening |
| therapy - sufx | treatment |
| tome - sufx | cutting instrument |
| tomy - sufx | cutting into, incision |
| tripsy - sufx | crushing |
| trophy - sufx | nourishment, growth |
| uria - sufx | urine |
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