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medical terminlogy
prefixes & suffixes
| prefixe/suffixe | definition |
|---|---|
| bi/o | life |
| append | pretaining to limbs |
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cis/o | cut |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| electr/o | electrical |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | sm. intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | produce, begin |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| physi/o | nature |
| rhin/o | nose |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tom/o | cut |
| ur/o | urine |
| algia | pain |
| ectomy | surg. removal |
| emia | blood condition |
| gram | record |
| ist | speacilist |
| itis | inflamation |
| oma | tumor |
| opsy | to veiw |
| osis | abn. condition |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| dia | through |
| endo | within |
| epi | above |
| ex | out |
| hyper | above, excessive |
| hypo | below, insufficient |
| re | back |
| retro | back, behind |
| peri | surrounding |
| pro | before |
| trans | across |
| logy | study of |
| ic | pretaining to |
| ac | pretaining to |
| al | pretaining to |
| ia | pretaining to |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| angi/o | vessel |
| cervic/o | neck |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdom, wall |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| ren/o | kidney |
| crit | to separate |
| lysis | to breakdown |
| osis | abnorm. condition |
| plasia | growth, formation |
| penia | decreased number |
| stasis | control,stop |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| per | through |
| post | after |
| hist/o | tissue |
| dors/o | back |
| my/o | muscle |
| dist/o | far |
| later/o | side |
| chir/o | hand |
| trophy | nourishment/developement |
| ptosis | sagging |
| thorac/o | chest |
| morph/o | structure |
| orrhea | flow, discharge |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| pnea | breathing |
| a | without |
| dys | difficult |
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum (part of brain) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| cephal/o | head |
| neur/o | nerve |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| phelb/o | vein |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cost/o | rib |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| thorac/o | chest |
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