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medical terms
| Terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| a , an- | no, not, without, negates the meaning |
| ab- | away from; from |
| ad- | toward at, increases, om toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti - | against, opposing |
| bi, bin- | two, twice, double |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | from, down, away from |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | pain, abnormal, |
| endo- | within, in |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| eu- | normal, good |
| hemi - | half |
| hyper - | above, excessive |
| inter- | between |
| intra - | within, in |
| macro- | large, long |
| meta- | after, beyond change |
| micro - | tiny |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| pachy- | thick, thickening |
| pan- | all, total |
| para- | beside, beyond , around abnormal |
| per- | though |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above |
| sym-, syn- | together, joined |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans - | through, across, beyond |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| -a | noun ending, no meaning , |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical , fixation, fusion |
| -drome | run, running |
| -e | noun ending, no meaning |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision , surgical , removal , cut out |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -esis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or cause |
| -genic | producing, originating |
| -gram | the record , radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic image |
| -ia | condition of diseased state |
| -iasis | condition |
| iatrist | specialist |
| -iatry | specialty, treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ictal | seizures, attack |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separating, loosening, dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measuring, process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing, process of viewing |
| --osis | abnormal, condition, increased number (blood) |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical, fixation, suspension |
| -phagia | swallowing , eating |
| -phobia | aversion, abnormal fear |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance , formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | condition of excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | repairing suturing |
| -rrehea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | -split, fissure |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visually examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle |
| -stasis | stop control, standing |
| -stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of artificial opening |
| -throax | chest cavity, chest |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision, cut into |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um | no meaning |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -us | no meaning |
| abdomin/o | abdominocentesis abdomen |
| acid/o | acid(PH) acidosis |
| acr/o | extremity Acro arthritis |
| acu/o | needle acupuncture |
| adip/o | fat adipocyte |
| adren/o | adrenal gland adenomegaly |
| aer/o | air aerophore |
| alkali/o | basic(PH) alkalosis |
| albin/o | white albinuria |
| ambly/o | dull amblyopia |
| ametr/o | |
| amly/o | strach amylorrhea |
| angi/o | vessel angioplasty |
| angina/o | choke anginose |
| aniso/o | unequal anisocytosis |
| ankyl/o | crooked ankylosis |
| anus/o | anus anos |
| anthr/o | joint arthroscopy |
| aort/o | aorta aortography |
| append/o | appendix appendectomy |
| ather/o | artery arterial |
| atel/o | imperfect, incomplete atelectasis |
| atri/o | atrium , chamber atriomegaly |
| audi/o | hear audiology |
| bacteri/o | bacteria bacteriuria |
| bas/o | base (PH) basophly |
| bip/i | gall, bile biliary |
| bio/i | life biosphere |
| bilirubin/o | billrubin |
| bol/o | |
| brachy/o | |
| buc/o | |
| cine/o | |
| chori/o | |
| dacry/o | |
| dipl/o | |
| embol/o | |
| episi/o | |
| fibr/o | |
| fibul/o | |
| gen/o | |
| galact /o | |
| hidr/o | |
| hydr/o | |
| insul/o | |
| ion/o | |
| jejun/o | |
| kary/o | |
| labyrinth/o | |
| myring/o | |
| neur/o | |
| orchid /o | |
| pin/o | |
| pleur /o | |
| radi/o | |
| sacr/o | |
| tars/o | |
| ulcer/o | |
| vagin/o | |
| xen/o | |
| zon/o | |
| zyg/o | |
| xiph/o | |
| veni/o | |
| urin/o | |
| thel/o | |
| sperm/o | |
| rect/o | |
| pylor/o | |
| opt/o | |
| myc/o |
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