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Med Term Chapter 1

Prefix/suffix

Question	Answer
aden/o	gland
angi/o	vessel
arthr/o	joint
bacteri/o	bacteria
bi/o	life
carcin/o	cancer
cardi/o	heart
cephal/o	head
cis/o	to cut
corpor/o	body
crani/o	skull
cry/o	cold
cyan/o	blue
cyt/o	cell
derm/o, dermat/o	skin
electr/o	electricity
encephal/o	brain
enter/o	intestine
erythr/o	red
gastr/o	stomach
genit/o	genital reproduction
hemat/o, hem/o	blood
hepat/o	liver
hist/o	tissue
hydr/o	water
immun/o	immune, protected
leuk/o	white
melan/o	black, dark
my/o	muscle
nephr/o	kidney
neur/o	nerve
olig/o	small, scant
ophthalm/o	eye
orth/o	straight
oste/o	bone
ot/o	ear
path/o	disease
pulm/o, pulmon/o	lung
sept/o	wall
therm/o	heat
thromb/o	clot
tom/o	slice, section
a-,an-	not, without
ab-	from, away
ad-, to	toward
ante-	before in front of
anti-	against
auto-	self
bi-,bin-	two, twice, double
brady-	slow
circum-	around
contra-	against
de-	loss, removal of
dia-	through, across
dis-	opposite of, not having
dys-	abnormal, painful, difficult
ecto-, exo-, extra-	outside, beyond
end-, endo-	within, inside
epi-	upon, over, at
eu-	healthy, normal
ex-	out, away from
hemi-	half
hyper-	excessive, above
hypo-	insufficient, below
in-	inward, inside
in-	not
infra-	under, below
inter-	between
intra-	withing
macr-, macro-	large
mal-	bad, poor, abnormal
meta-	beyond, next, after, changed
micr-, micro-	small
mon-, mono-	one
multi-	many
neo-	new
non-	not
pan-	all
para-	near, beside, abnormal
per-	by, through
peri-	around, surrounding
poly-	many
post-	after, behind
pre-	before, in front of
pseud, pseudo-	false
quadr, quadri, quadru-	four
re-	again
retro-	backward, behind
semi-	half
sub-	under, beneath
supra-	above, over
sym-, syn-	together, joined
tachy-	fast, swift, rapid
tetr, tetra	four
trans-	through, across
tri-	three
ultra-	beyond, excessive
uni-	one
-algia	pain
-ase	enzyme
-blast	immature cell
-cele	hernia, protrusion
-cyte	cell
-ectasis	dilation, expansion
-edema	swelling
-emesis	vomiting
-emia, hemia	blood condition
-ia	condition
-iasis	abnormal condition caused by
-iatry	medical treatment or specialty
-ism	state of, condition
-itis	inflammation
-logist	one who studies
-logy	study of
-;ysis	breakdown, destruction
-lyte	substance that can be broken down
-malacia	softening
-megaly	enlargement
-oma	tumor, mass
-osis	abnormal condition
-pathy	disease
-penia	deficiency, abnormal decrease
-phagia	eating
-phasia	speaking
-phobia	fear
plegia	paralysis
-pnea	breath, breathing
-ptosis	drooping
-rrhage	excessive flow
-rrhexis	rupture
-slcerosis	hardening
-spasm	sudden, involuntary movement
-stasis	controlled, level, stopped
-stenosis	narrowing
-therapy	treatment
-trophy	growth, development
-tropic	stimulating or acting on
-uria	urine condition
-gram	record, image
-graph	record, image; instrument used to record an image
-graphy	process of recording
-meter	instrument used to measure
-metry	process of measuring
-opsy	visual inspection
-scope	instrument used for visual examination
-scopy	process of visually examining
-centesis	surgical puncturing
-ectomy	surgical removal
-plasty	surgical repair
-rrhaphy	suture, surgical suturing
-stomy	surgical creation of an opening in the body
-tomy	surgical incision or cutting into a part of the body

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