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AH II Prefix
Prefixes and suffixes for Allied Health II
Question | Answer |
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Prefix | the syllable/word at the beginning of the word |
Suffix | the syllable/word at the end of a word |
Word Root | main word that prefixes and suffixes can be added to |
Ante | Before |
Anti | Against |
Bi | Twice |
Brady | Slow |
Bronch | pertaining to the air/tube in lungs |
Cardi | Pertaining to the heart |
Cerebro | Pertaining to the brain |
Chiro | Pertaining to the hand |
Derm | Pertaining to the skin |
Dys | difficult, painful, bad |
Endo | within |
Epi | Outside |
Gast | Pertaining to the stomach |
Gyn | Pertaining to the woman, female |
Hem | Blood |
Hyper | excessive, more than normal |
Hypo | decreased, less than normal |
Micro | Small |
Necro | death |
Nephro | Pertaining to the kidney |
Noct | night |
Neuro | Pertaining to the nerves |
Onco | Pertaining to tumor, cancer |
Ophthalm | Pertaining to eye |
Para | near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of body |
Patho | Pertaining to disease, abnormal condition |
Ped | Pertaining to child |
Post | after, behind |
Pre | before, in front of |
Pulmon/ Pneumo | Pertaining to lungs |
Psych | Pertaining to the mind |
Quad | four |
Rado | x-ray, radiation |
Sub | less, under, below |
Sup | above, upon, over, higher in position |
trans | across |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | large, enlarged |
-ologist | person who does/studies |
-ology | study of, science of |
-opsy | to view |
-oscopy | diagnostic examination |
-otomy/ -tomy | cutting into |
-paresis/ -plegia | paralysis |
-scope | examining instrument |