without, negates t h e m e a nin g

t o w a r d, a t, increase,on,toward

e, double - a p h e r e sis r e m o v al

p ain f ul, abnorm al, difficult,

beside, beyond, around, abnormal

c a n c e r o u s t u m o rc a n c e r o u s t u m o r

h e r nia, protrusio n, swelling

punctur e t o a s pir a t e fluid

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medical terminology

Term	Definition
P r e f i x
a -, a n	without, negates t h e m e a nin g
a b -	m; from
a d	t o w a r d, a t, increase,on,toward
a n t e -	b e f o r e
a n ti	a g ain s t, opposin g
bi-, bin-	e, double - a p h e r e sis r e m o v al
brady	slow
d e	f r o m, d o w n, away
dia	t h r o u g h, complete
d y s -	p ain f ul, abnorm al, difficult,
e n d o	wit hin, in
e pi	o n, u p o n, o v e r
e u -	n o r m al, g o o d
h e mi	h alf
h y p e r	e, excessive
inter	between
intra	within, in
macro	large, long
meta	after, beyond, change
micro	small
multi	many
neo	new
nulli	none
pachy	thick
pan	all, total
para	beside, beyond, around, abnormal
per	through
peri	surrounding
poly	many, much
post	after
pre	before
pro	before
sub	below, under
supra	above
sym, syn	together, joined
tachy	fast, rapid
trans	through, across, beyond
tri	three
uni	one
SUFFIX
a	n o u n e n din g, no
ac	p e r t ainin g t o
ad	t o w a r d
algia	p ain
amnios	amniotic fluid
apheresis	removal
ar	pertaining to
ary	pertaining to
asthenia	w e a k n e s s
carcinoma	c a n c e r o u s t u m o rc a n c e r o u s t u m o r
cele	h e r nia, protrusio n, swelling
centesis	punctur e t o a s pir a t e fluid
crine	t o s e c r e t e
cyesis	p r e g n a n c y
cyte	cell
desis	al fixation, f u sion
drome	running
e	noun ending
eal	perteining to
ectasis	streaching out
ectomy	surgical removal
emesis	vomiting
emia	in the blood
esis	condition
gen	s u b s t a n c e o r a g e n t t h a t p r o d u c e s
genic	g, originating,
gram	d, radiographic
graph	in s t r u m e n t u s e d t o r e c o r d;
graphy	p r o c e s s o f r e c o r din g, radiographic
ia	c o n ditio n o f, diseased sta t e, abnormal
iasis	condition
iatrist	specialist
iatry	speciality treatment
ic	p e r t ainin g t o
ictal	s eiz u r e, a tt a c k
ior	p e r t ainin g t o
ism	s t a t e o f
itis	in fla m m a tio n
logist	p e cialis t w h o s t u die s a n d t r e a t s
logy	s t u d y o f
lysis	g, loosening,
malacia	s o ft e nin g
megaly	enlargem e n t
meter	in s t r u m e n t u s e d t o m e a s u r e
metry	g, process
oid	r e s e m blin g
oma	t u m o r, s w ellin g
opia	visio n
	g, process o f vie win g

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