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EMT Prefix/Suffixes
Common prefixes/suffixes found in medical terms for EMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without/lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to/toward |
| an- | without/lack of |
| ana- | up/back/again |
| ante- | before/forward |
| anti- | against/opposed to |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around/about |
| contra- | against/opposite |
| de- | down from/away |
| di- | twice/double |
| dia- | thorough/completely |
| dys- | difficult/painful/abnormal |
| ect/o- | out/outside |
| end/o- | within |
| epi- | upon/over/above |
| eu- | easy/good/normal |
| ex/o- | outside/away from |
| extra- | outside/in addition |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | over/excessive/high |
| hypo- | under/below normal |
| in- | in/into/not/without |
| infra- | below/under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | inside/within |
| ipsi- | same |
| iso- | equal |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad/abnormal |
| mega- | large |
| meta- | after/change |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one/single |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| noct- | night |
| nulli- | none |
| olig/o- | little/deficient |
| ortho- | straight/normal |
| pan- | all/entire |
| para- | near/beside/beyond/apart from |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after/behind |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before/in front of |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | back |
| retro- | backward/behind |
| semi- | half/partial |
| sub- | under/below |
| super- | above/excessive/more than normal |
| supra- | above/upper |
| sym/syn- | together/joined |
| tachy- | rapid/fast |
| tetra- | four |
| trans- | across/through/beyond |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pertaining to pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -cele | pertaining to tumor/swelling |
| -centesis | puncturing an organ/body cavity to drain excess fluid or obtain a sample for analysis |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | pertaining to presence of a substance in the blood |
| -esthesia | pertaining to sensation or perception |
| -genic | causing |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition of |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itits | inflammation |
| -lysis | decline/disintegration/destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement of |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -ology | science/study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | pertaining to disease process |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of opening |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | pertaining to eating/swallowing |
| -phasia | pertaining to speech |
| -phobia | pertaining to an irrational fear |
| -plasty | plastic surgery |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | pertaining to breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage/-rrhagia | abnormal or excessive flow/discharge |
| -rrhaphy | suture of/repair of |
| -rrhea | flow/discharge |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | examination with instrument |
| -sis | process/action/condition |
| -stasis | slowing/stopping normal flow of fluid |
| -taxis | order/arrangement of |
| -trophic | pertaining to nutrition |
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