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Suffix/ Prefix

Medical term prefix and suffix

QuestionAnswer
ous Pertaining to
tic Pertaining to
ic Pertaining to
eal Pertaining to
ary Pertaining to
ar Pertaining to
ac Pertaining to
al Pertaining to
ia Condition
ism Condition
ium Tissue, Structure
y Condition, procedure
icle Small
ole Small
ule Small
ula Small
iatrics Medical science
iatry Medical science
iatrist Specialist in medicine of
ist Specialist
logist Specialist in the study of
logy Study of
algia Pain
dynia Pain
cele Hernia (a buldging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong) (hydrocele)
emia Blood condition
iasis Presence of
itis inflammation
lysis Loosen, breakdown
malacia abnormal softening
megaly Enlargement
oid Resembling
ptosis Drooping
rrhage Excessive flow
rrhagia Excessive flow
rrhea Flow.
rrhexis Rupture
spasm Involuntary contraction
centesis Puncture
gram Written record
graph Instrument used to produce a record
graphy Process of recording
meter Instrument used to measure
metry Process of measuring
scope Instrument used to look
scopy Process of looking
desis Binding , fixation
ectomy removal
pexy Surgical fixation
plasty reconstruction
rrhaphy suture
stomy creation of an opening
tomy incision
a Not
an Not
anti Against
contra against
de down; away from
ante before
pre before
pro Before, on behalf of
brady Slow
tachy Fast
post after
re Again
ab away
ad toward
circum around
peri around
dia through
trans through
e Out
ec Out
ex out
ecto Outside
exo Outside
extra Outside
en In, inside
endo In ,inside
intra in inside
epi Upon
sub Beneath
inter Between
bi Two
hemi Half
semi half
hyper over
hypo under
macro large
micro small
mono One
uni One
oligo few
pan all
poly many
multi many
con With , together
Syn with ,together
dys bad
eu Good
phil attraction , affinity
pheresis removal
anter/o near or toward the front side, ventral
poster/o near or towards the back side, behind, dorsal
ventr/o near or towards the front side
dors/o near or towards the back side
medi/o middle
super/o above
infer/o below
proxim/o near or at point of attachment
dist/o far or away from point of attachment
ana against, up
Created by: user-1964447
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