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Med Term Chapter 1&2
Prefixes, Suffixes, Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac, -al, -ar | pertaining to |
| -ago | abnormal condition, disease |
| -algia | painful, painful condition |
| -aria | connected with |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove liquid |
| -ceps | head |
| -cide | causing death |
| -clasis | breakdown |
| -crasia | a mixture, blending |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -esis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -genesis, -genic | creation, reproduction |
| -gram, -graph | a picture or record, a resulting record |
| -graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ion | action, process, state or condition |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| -isy | noun ending |
| -ist | a person who practices, specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -ive | performs, tends toward |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| -lytic | to reduce, destroy |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter, -metry | to measure, an instrument used to measure |
| -metrist | one who measures |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | the science or study of |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| -opsy | vision, view of |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -ose | full of, pertaining to sugar |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling emotion |
| -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
| -pause | stopping |
| -penia | deficiency, lack, too few |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phyma | grow, growth |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasm | formative material of cells |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poietic | formation, to make; pertaining to formation |
| -ptosis | droop, sag, fall, prolapse |
| -primi | first |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal, excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | actual visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction, tightening or cramping |
| -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| -static | causing control, maintenance of a constant level |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | process, state or quality of |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -tropic | having an affinity for |
| -um, -us | singular noun ending, thing |
| ante/o, anter/o | before, front |
| caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| dors/i, dors/o | back of body |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| ventr/o | in front, belly side of body |
| ab- | away from, negative, absent |
| ad- | toward, to, in the direction of |
| ana- | up, apart, backward, excessive |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two, twice, double |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| dia- | through, between, apart, complete |
| dys- | bad, difficult, or painful |
| end- endo- | in, within, or inside |
| epi- | above, upon, on |
| eti- | cause |
| eu- | good, normal, well or easy |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| hemi- | half of |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, inside |
| multi- | many, much |
| neo- | new, strange |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all, entire, every |
| par- | beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, along side of, opposite |
| per- | excessive, through |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| retro- | backward, behind, back of |
| sub- | below, under, less |
| super-, supra- | above, upper, excessive, higher than |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| tele- | distant, far |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| a-, an- | negative, no, not, without, away from |
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