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Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| word element | A part of a word. Like all words, medical terms are made up of parts |
| Prefixes | A prefix is a word element placed at the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word. |
| anti- | against |
| combining vowel | A vowel added between two roots or between a root and a suffix to make pronunciation easier. |
| bi- | double, two, twice |
| Root Words | The root word contains the basic meaning of the word |
| Suffixes | A suffix is placed at the end of a root word to change the meaning of the word, but it is not used alone. |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to, toward, near |
| brady- | slow |
| dis- | apart, free from |
| dys- | difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | inner, inside |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, too much, high |
| hypo- | under, decreased, less than normal |
| inter- | between |
| leuk- | white |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | illness, disease |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one, single |
| muco- | mucous |
| neo | new |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of, prior to |
| sero- | thin, watery fluid |
| sub- | under, beneath |
| super-supra- | above, over, excess |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |