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MED PRS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | not |
| ab- | away |
| ad-,af | toward |
| ambi- | both |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with,together |
| de- | down,away from |
| dia- | through |
| e- | out |
| endo- | in,inside |
| hemi- | half |
| homo | similar |
| idio- | private |
| iso | equal |
| ob- | in the way |
| pan- | all |
| per- | through |
| morph/o | change |
| narc/o | sleep |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering/disease |
| arc/o | extremity,top,heights |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| desicc/o | drying |
| eury/o | wide |
| plas/o | formation |
| pyr/o | fire |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| tel/o | complete,end |
| ambul/o | walk |
| chem/o | chemical |
| dips/o | thirst |
| aer/o | air |
| cyan/o | blue |
| stom/o | mouth |
| prosop/o | face |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -cide | to kill |
| -drome | run |
| -lytic | break down |
| -loqui | speak |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -megaly | abnormal enlargement |
| -luxation | dislocation |
| -genic | beginning in,producing |
| -graft | transplant |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -cision | cut |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -ant | agent |
| -ectasia | expansion,dilation |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -agon | to lead |
| cardio/myo/pathy | cardio-prefix "heart";-myo-root"muscles"suffix"disease";Disease of the heart |
| anti/sepsis | anti-prefix "against";-sespsis suffix "putrefaction"/or/prevention |
| arthr/itis | arthr-roots"joints"; itis suffix "inflammation;inflammation of the joints |
| bronch/itis | bronch-root "bronchi";-itis suffix "inflammation";-inflammation of the bronchi |
| nephro/logy | nephro-root"kideny";-ology suffix "study of";-ism suffix "condition";- |
| derma/tillo/mania | derma- prefix "skin";-tillo -root "pick/pull";-mania suffix "excessive" excessive picking of the skin |
| encephal/itis | encephal- root " brian";-itis suffix "inflammation" - Inflammation of the brain. Herpes simplex virus can sometimes cause encephalitis |
| gastro/enter/itis | gastro-prefix "stomach"; - enter- root "intestine:- itis suffix " inflammation" - Inflammation of the stomach and intestines. |
| hepat/itis | hepat- root "liver"; -itis suffix "Inlfammation"; - Inflammation of the liver. |
| adenoid/ectomy | adenoid- root :adenoid glands"; -ectomy suffix "removal"; - removal of the adenoid glands. |
| echo/cardio/gram | echo- prefix "soundwaves"; - cardio- root "heart"; -gram suffix "written record"; -Written record of the heart sound. |
| hyper/lipid /emia | hyper- prefix "excessive"; -lipid- root "fats"; -emia suffix "blood condition"; -Excessive fat in the blood. |
| retino/pathy | retino- root "retina"; - pathy suffix "disease"; -disease of the retina. |
| idio/pathic | idio- prefix "unknown"; -pathic suffix "disease /or/ condition"; - Unknown condition/or/disease. |
| contra/lateral | contra- prefix "opposite"; -lateral root "side" -- The opposite side (of the body) |
| ipsi/lateral | ipsi- prefix "same"; -lateral root "side" -- The same side (of the body). |
| endo/prosth/esis | endo- prefix "inside"; -prosth- root "artificial" device (prosthesis)"; -esis suffix "process or action" -- An artificial device placed inside the body. |