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Prefixes & Suffixes
General Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without *1 letter |
| ambi- | both |
| an- | without *2 letters |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against *4 letters |
| bi- | two or both |
| brady- | slow |
| chlor- | green |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh- | yellow |
| con- | with |
| contra- | against *6 letters |
| cyan- | blue |
| dia- | across or through *3 letters |
| dis- | separate from or apart |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| ec- | away or out |
| ecto- | outside |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| erythr- | red |
| eu- | good or normal |
| exo- | outside |
| hemi- | half |
| heter- | different |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| im- | not |
| immun- | safe, protected |
| in- | not |
| infra- | below or under *5 letters |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | equal |
| leuk- | white |
| macro- | large |
| medi- | middle |
| melan- | black |
| meso- | middle *4 letters |
| meta- | beyond, after, changing |
| micro- | small |
| mid- | middle |
| mono- | one *4 letters |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | alongside of or abnormal |
| peri- | around |
| polio- | gray |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after *4 letters |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| purpur- | purple |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | again or back |
| retro- | after *5 letters |
| rube- | red |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | below or under *3 letters |
| super- | above or excessive |
| supra- | above or excessive |
| sym- | with |
| syn- | with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through *5 letters |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| uni- | one *3 letters |
| xanth- | yellow |
| xer- | dry |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | without strength |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | origin or production |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | recording process |
| -ia | condition of |
| -iasis | condition, formation of |
| iatry | treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ism | condition of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue or structure |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -magaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -metry | measuring process |
| -mycosis | fungal infection |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision *4 letters |
| -opsia | vision *5 letters |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -osmia | smell |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -sclerosis | narrowing, constriction |
| -scope | examination instrument |
| -scopy | examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tocia | chidbirth, labor |
| -tomy | incision |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tropic | stimulate |
| -ula | small *3 letters |
| -ule | small *3 letters |
| -y | condition, process of |
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