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Ch.1
Medical terminology prefixes, suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ana | up |
| ante | before |
| cata | down |
| circum, peri | around |
| endo | within |
| epi | upon, above |
| ex | out, away from |
| extra | outside, beyond |
| hyper | above, excessive |
| hypo | below, deficient |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| meso | middle |
| para | beside, alongside |
| retro | backward |
| sub | below, under |
| supra | above, beyond |
| ambi | both |
| bi | two, double |
| centi | a hundred |
| deca | ten |
| dipl | double |
| di(s) | two, apart |
| milli | on-thousandth |
| nulli | none |
| poly | many |
| primi | first |
| quadri | four |
| quint | five |
| semi, hemi | half |
| tetra | four |
| tri | three |
| uni | one |
| anti, contra | against |
| auto | self |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| cac, mal | bad |
| dia | through |
| dys | bad, difficult |
| eu | good, normal |
| hetero | different |
| homeo | similar, same |
| hydro | water |
| mega | large, great |
| micro | small |
| oligo | scanty, little |
| pan | all |
| pseudo | false |
| sym, syn | together |
| ate | use, action |
| blast | immature cell, germ cell |
| ectasis | dilatation, dilation, distention |
| gen | formation, produce |
| genesis | formation, produce |
| genic | formation, produce |
| gram | weight, mark, record |
| ic | pertaining to, chemical |
| ive | nature of, quality of |
| lymph | serum, clear fluid |
| lysis | destruction, to separate |
| megaly | enlargement, large |
| penia | lack of, deficiency |
| plasm | a thing formed, plasma |
| plegia | stroke, paralysis |
| ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| scopy | to view, examine |
| spasm | tension, spasm |
| stasis | control, stopping |
| staxia | dripping, trickling |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| y | process, condition, pertaining to |
| algia, dynia | pain |
| cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement, large |
| oid | resemble |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition of |
| pathy | disease |
| phobia | fear |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage | bursting forth |
| rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| desis | binding |
| extomy | excision |
| graph | to write, record |
| graphy | recording |
| meter | instrument to measure, measure |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| stomy | new opening |
| tome | instrument |
| tomy | incision |
| cyte | cell |
| ist | one who specialize, agent |
| logy | study of |
| phagia | to eat |
| plasia | formation, produce |
| phasia | to speak |
| philia | attraction |
| phraxis | to obstruct |
| physis | growth |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| therapy | treatment |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| uria | urine |
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