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Med Term
Prefixes / Suffixes
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| -logy ology | the study of |
| -logist | a specialist in the study of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -iatrist | specialist in the medicine of |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -ium | tissue or structure |
| micro- -icle -ula -ole | small |
| -ous -tic -ac -ary -eal | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -cele | hernia |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -lysis -lytic | loosen or breakdown |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| pre- ante- | before |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| contra- anti- | against |
| pro- | before or on behalf of |
| de- | down or away from |
| a- an- | not |
| -dynamic | changing |
| tachy- | fast |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -tomy -otomy | surgical incision |
| -algia | pain |
| -osis -y -ia -ia | condition (abnormal) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| sym- syn- con- | with or together |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| ad- | toward |
| ab- | away |
| bi- | two or double |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- peri- epi- | around |
| mono- uni- | one, single |
| macro- | large |
| tri- | three or triple |
| quad- | four quadruple |
| poly- | a lot |
| oligo- | few, very little |
| endo- intra- | inside, inner interior |
| extra- exo- | outside, outer exterior |
| inter- | between |
| trans- | across |
| dia- per- | through or complete |
| media- medio- | toward the middle |
| para- | nearby |
| juxta- | next to adjacent beside |
| dis- | separate |
| chromo- chromato- | color |
| leuko- | white |
| erytho- | red |
| cyano- | blue |
| chloro- | green |
| melan/o- | black |
| flav- | yellow |
| pyo- | pus |
| lacrim- dacry- | tears |
| ir- irid- | iris |
| corne- kerat- | cornea |
| -opia -opsia | vision conditions |
| blephar- | eyelid |
| oculo- opt- ophthalm- | eye |
| cyst- | sac |
| vestibul- | opening at the beginning of a canal |
| tympan- myring- | eardrum |
| salping- | eustachian tubes |
| -acusis | hearing condition |
| ot- aur- | ear |
| cerumen- | earwax |
| homeo- | body |
| cerv- | neck |
| thoraco- thorax- | chest |
| pelvo- | pelvic |
| periton- | peritoneum |
| cephalo- | head |
| veno- vena- | veins |
| atero-angio- | arteries |
| neuro- | nerve |
| vasculo- | vascular |
| musculo- myo- sarco | muscle |
| cyto- cyte- | cell |
| skelet- | skeleton |
| osteo- | bone |
| thyro- | thyroid |
| tracheo | trachea |
| thymo- | thymus |
| esophago- | esophagus |
| masto- mammo- | mammry glands breast |
| cardiac- | heart |
| pneumo- pulmo- | lungs air |
| gastro- | stomach |
| hepato- | liver |
| cholecysto- | gallbladder |
| spleno- | spleen |
| pancreato- | pancreas |
| nephro- | kidney |
| adreno- | adrenal gland |
| entero- | intestines |
| colo- | colon large intestines |
| -tension | pressure |
| -xia | oxygen |
| -capnea | carbon dioxide |
| -pnea | air |
| -philia | love of |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -ase | enzyme |
| dys- | problem abnormal |
| mal- | bad |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -plasm | growth or formation or living substance or tissue |
| -trophy | nourishment or growth ( in size) typically cellular growth |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | process of growth growing |
| -stasis | maintenance of normal conditions |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -therapy | treatment |
| chemo- | chemical |
| echo- sono- | sound |
| electro- | pertaining to electrical charge |
| -gram | recording |
| -scopy | to view |
| -scope | instrument to look |
| aden- | gland |
| -lithiasis | stone formation |
| -porosis | porous or weakening |
| kal- | refers to potassium |
| cerebr/o- | brain |
| encephal/o- | brain |
| cerebell/o- | cerebellum |
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