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Medical Language

Chapter 1 Prefixes and Suffixes

TermDefinition
PREFIXES SUFFIXES intra-= -malacia= PREFIXES SUFFIXES in - inside - abnormal softening
PREFIXES SUFFIXES macro-= -megaly= PREFIXES SUFFIXES large - enlargement
PREFIXES SUFFXES micro-= -meter= PREFIXES SUFFIXES small - instrument used to measure
PREFIXES SUFFIXES mono-= -metry= PREFIXES SUFFIXES one - process of measuring
PREFIXES SUFFIXES multi-= -oid= PREFIXES SUFFIXES many - resembling
PREFIXES SUFFIXES aligo-= -ole= PREFIXES SUFFIXES few - small
PREFIXES SUFFIXES pan-= -oma= PREFIXES SUFFIXES all - tumor
PREFIXES SUFFIXES peri-= -osis= PREFIXES SUFFIXES around - condition
PREFIXES SUFFIXES poly-= -ous= PREFIXES SUFFIXES many - pertaining to
PREFIXES SUFFIXES post-= -pathy= PREFIXES SUFFIXES after - disease
PREFIXES SUFFIXES pre-= -penia= PREFIXES SUFFIXES before - deficiency
PREFIXES SUFFIXES pro-= -pexy= PREFIXES SUFFIXES before, an behalf of - surgical fixation
PREFIXES SUFFIXES re-= -plasty= PREFIXES SUFFIXES again - reconstruction
PREFIXES SUFFIXES simi-= -ptosis= PREFIXES SUFFIXES half - drooping
PREFIXES SUFFIXES sub-= -=rrhage, -rrhagia= PREFIXES SUFFIXES beneath - excessive flow
PREFIXES SUFFIXES sym-= -rrhaphy= PREFIXES SUFFIXES with, together - suture
PREFIXES SUFFIXES syn-= -rrhea= PREFIXES SUFFIXES with, together - flow
PREFIXES SUFFIXES tachy-= -rrhexis= PREFIXES SUFFIXES fast - rupture
PREFIXES SUFFIXES trans-= -scope= PREFIXES SUFFIXES through - instrument used to look
PREFIXES SUFFIXES uni-= -scopy PREFIXES SUFFIXES one - process of looking
uni-= -spasm= PREFIXES SUFFIXES one - involuntary contraction
PREFIXES SUFFIXES uni-= -stomy= PREFIXES SUFFIXES one - creation of an opening
PREFIXES SUFFIXES uni-= -tic= PREFRIXES SUFFIXES one - pertaining to
PREFIXES SUFFIXES uni-= -tomy= PREFIXES SUFFIXES one - incision
PREFIXES SUFFIXES uni-= -ula, -ula= PREFIXES SUFFIXES one - small
PREFIXES SUFFIXES uni-= -y= PREFIXES SUFFIXES one - condition, process
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