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medical terminology
medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| an-, a- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| poly | many |
| uni- | one |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quadri- | four |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after |
| sub- | under |
| super- | above |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside |
| micro- | small |
| macro- | large |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -blast | bud |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | expansion |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | Structure |
| -lysis, -lytic | Break down; Destruction; Dissolving |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition; Usually abnormal |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -phagia, -phagy | Eating; Swallowing |
| -penia | Deficiency; Lack of |
| Encephalopathy | Disease of the brain. |
| Arthralgia | Pain in a joint. |
| Dehydration | Loss of water from the body. |
| Cardiology | Study of the heart. |
| Erythrocyte | Red blood cell. |
| Hemiplegia | Paralysis of one side of the body. |
| Quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four limbs. |
| Polycystic | Composed of many cysts. |
| Bradycardia | Slowness of a heartbeat. |
| Asepsis | Lack of infection. |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| cardi/o | heart |
| amni/o | amnion |
| chori/o | chorion |
| toc/o | labor |
| lact/o | milk |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| meat/o | opening |
| episi/o, vulv/o | vulva |
| perine/o | perineum |
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