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chapter 1
Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, not |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| circum- | around |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | bad |
| e-, ec- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| en- | In, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| -eu | good |
| -ex | out |
| -exo, extra | outside |
| -hemi | half |
| -hyper | over |
| -hypo | under |
| -inter | between |
| -ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic | pertaining to |
| -algia, dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -ia, ism | condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -icle | small |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -logist | specialist in study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | break down |
| intra- | between |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| re- | again |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | beneath |
| sym- , syn | with, together |
| trans- | through |
| uni- | one |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage, rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tomy | cut into |