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Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| CARDI/O | HEART |
| DERM/O; DERMAT/O | SKIN |
| GASTR/O | STOMACH |
| HEPAT/O | LIVER |
| OSTE/O | BONE |
| ENDO- | WITHIN |
| EPI- | ABOVE,UPON |
| HEMI- | HALF |
| HYPO- | BELOW, DEFICIENT |
| PERI- | AROUND |
| POLY- | MANY |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -IC | PERTAINING TO |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGED;ENLARGEMENT |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PLASTY | REPAIR |
| AB- | AWAY FROM |
| AD- | TO;TOWARD |
| ANTE- | BEFORE |
| ASTR- | STAR |
| AUTO- | SELF |
| BRADY- | SLOW |
| ECT- | OUTSIDE;OUTER |
| EN- | WITHIN;IN |
| ENDO- | WITHIN;INNER |
| EX- | OUT:OUTER |
| INFRA- | BELOW;INFERIOR |
| INTER- | BETWEEN;AMONG |
| INTRA- | WITHIN |
| ISO- | SAME;EQUAL |
| MACRO- | LARGE |
| META- | CHANGE;ALTER;BEYOND |
| MICRO- | SMALL |
| MULTI- | MANY |
| NEO- | NEW |
| PAN- | ALL |
| PARA- | NEAR;BESIDE |
| PERI- | AROUND;SURROUNDING |
| POLY- | MANY |
| POST- | AFTER |
| PRE- | BEFORE; IN FRONT OF |
| RETRO- | BEHIND;BACKWARD |
| SEMI- | HALF |
| SUB- | BELOW;UNDER |
| SUPER- | ABOVE;OVER;EXCESS |
| SUPRA- | ABOVE;ON TOP OF |
| SYM- | WITH;ASSOCIATION |
| SYN- | TOGETHER;WITH;UNION |
| TACHY- | FAST |
| A;AN;ANA | NO;NOT;WITHOUT |
| ANTI- | AGAINST |
| CONTRA- | AGAINST;OPPOSITE |
| NON- | NOT |
| BI- | TWO;DOUBLE;BOTH |
| CENTI- | HUNDRED;HUNDREDTH |
| DEC- | TEN |
| MILLI- | ONE THOUSANDTH |
| QUADR- | FOUR |
| TRI- | THREE |
| UNI- | ONE |
| CARCIN- | CANCEROUS |
| DYS- | DIFFICULT;PAINFUL |
| HYPER- | ABOVE;EXCESSIVE |
| HYPO- | DEFICIENT;BELOW |
| MAL- | BAD;POOR;ABNORMAL |
| -AC;-AL, -AR;-ARY | PERTAINING TO |
| -CRINE | TO SECRETE |
| -CRIT | TO SEPARATE |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -GEN;-GENESIS;-GENIC | PRODUCING;FORMING |
| -GLOBIN;-GLOBULIN | PROTEIN |
| -GRAM | RECORD |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -IAC;IC | PERTAINING TO |
| -OID | RESEMBLING;LIKE |
| -(O)LOGIST | SPECIALIST |
| -(O)LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -OUS | PERTAINING TO |
| -PEPSIA | DIGESTION |
| -PHAGIA | EATING;SWALLOWING |
| -PHONIA | VOICE;SOUND |
| -PHORESIS | CARRYING;TRANSMISSION |
| -PHORIA | FEELING;MENTAL STATE |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| -POIESIS | FORMATION |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING |
| -SCOPY | PROCESS OF VIEWING |
| -SOMNIA | SLEEP |
| -STASIS | CONTROL;STOP |
| -THERAPY | TREATMENT |
| -THORAX | CHEST;PLEURAL CAVITY |
| -TOCIA | LABOR;BIRTH |
| -TRESIA | OPENING |
| -TROPHY | GROWTH;DEVELOPMENT |
| -TROPIN | NOURISH;DEVELOP;STIMULATE |
| -VERSION | TO TURN |
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -CYTOSIS | CONDITION OF CELLS |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -EMESIS | VOMITING |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -IA;IASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -LYSIS;-LYTIC | BREAKDOWN;DESTRUCTION |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -PARESIS | SLIGHT PARALYSIS |
| -PENIA | DECREASED NUMBER |
| -PHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| -PTOSIS | DROOPING;SAGGING;PROLAPSE |
| -PTYSIS | SPITTING UP |
| -(R)RHAGE;(R)RHAGIA | BURSTING FORTH OF BLOOD |
| -(R)RHEA | FLOW;DISCHARGE |
| -(R)RHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| -SPASM | CONTRACTION;TWITCHING |
| -STENOSIS | NARROWING;TIGHTENING |