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medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-,an | no,not without negates the meaning |
| ab- | away from; from |
| ad- | toward at increase on toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against ,opposing |
| bi-,bin- | two, twice , double |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | from ,down, away from |
| dia- | through complete |
| dys- | painful abnormal difficult labored |
| endo- | within,in |
| epi- | on,upon,over |
| eu- | normal ,good |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above ,excessive |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within ,in |
| macro- | large,long |
| meta- | after,beyond, change |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| pachy- | thick,thickening ,thickened |
| pan- | all ,total |
| para- | beside ,beyond around,abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding (outer) |
| 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 | noun ending ,no meaning |
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amnion ,amniotic fluid |
| -apherisis | removal |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| -cele | hernia protrusion ,swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | Pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation,fusion |
| -drome | run,running |
| -e | noun ending no meaning |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching out ,dilation ,expansion |
| -ectomy | excision ,surgical ,removal cut out |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -esis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | producing, originating ,causing |
| -gram | the record radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to record the record |
| -graphy | process of recording radiographic imagining |
| -ia | conditon of ,diseased state abnormal state |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -iatry | specialty treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ictal | seizure,attack |
| -ior | petaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | seperating loosening ,dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged,enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measuring process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor ,swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increased number (blood) |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -phagia | swallowing ,eating |
| -phobia | aversion ,abnormal fear |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation development ,growth |
| -plasm | growth substance formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poises | formation |
| -ptosis | prolapse ,dropping |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | condition of excessive bledding |
| -rrhaphy | repairing ,suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge ,flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian ,tube uterine tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split,fissure |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary ,contraction of muscle |
| -stasis | stop control ,standing |
| -stenosis | constricition narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of artificial opening |
| -thorax | chest cavity chest |
| -tocia | labor ,birth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision ,cut into |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | Nourishment development |
| -um | no meaning |
| -uria | urine ,urination |
| -us | no meaning |
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