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Med. Pre/Suf A-I
Medical Prefixes and Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | Without, lack of |
ab- | From, away |
acr- (o) | extremities (arms and legs) |
ad- | to, toward, near |
aden- (o) | gland, glandular |
alba- | white |
-algia | pain |
ambi- | both, both sides |
angi- (o) | vessel |
anit- | against |
arter- (io) | artery |
arthr- (o) | joint |
-ase | enzyme |
-asis | condition of |
audi- (o) | sound, hearing |
auto- | self |
bi- (s) | twice, double, both |
bio- | life |
brachi- | arm |
brady- | slow |
bronch- (i, o) | air tubes in lungs |
carcin- (o) | cancer, malignancy |
cardi- (a, o) | pertaining to the heart |
carp- (o) | wrist |
cerebro- | brain |
cerv- (ic) | neck, neck of uterus |
chond- (i, r, ri) | cartilage |
-cise | cut |
co- (n) | with, together |
col- (in, o) | colon, bowel, large intestine |
contra- | against, counter |
crani- (o) | pretaining to the skull |
-crine | secrete |
cryo- | cold |
cut- | skin |
cyst- (i, o) | bladder, bag, sac |
dacry- | tear duct, tear |
dacty- (o) | finger, toe |
demi- | half |
dent- (i, o) | tooth |
derm- (a, at, o) | pertaining to skin |
dia- | through, between, part |
duoden- (o) | duodenum |
dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
e- (c) | without |
-eal | pretaining to |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
-emia | blood |
encephal- (o) | brain |
endo- | within, innermost |
enter- (i, o) | intestine |
erythro- | red |
ex- (o) | outside of, beyond |
faci- | face |
-fascia | fibrous band |
fibr- (a, i, o) | fiber, connective tissue |
fore- | in front of |
galacto- | milk, galactose (milk sugar) |
gast- (i, ro) | stomach |
-genetic, -genic | origin, producing, causing |
genito- | organs of reproduction |
gluc- (o) | sweetness, sugar, glucose |
gyn- (ec, o) | women, female |
hem- (a, ato, o) | blood |
hemi- | half |
hepat- (o) | liver |
herni- | (rupture) |
hetero- | other, unlike, different |
hist- (o) | tissue |
hom- (eo, o) | same, like |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal |
hypo- | decreased, deficient, low, under, less than normal |
hyster- (o) | uterus |
infra- | beneath, below |
intra- | within, into, inside |
-ism | condition, theory, state of being |
-itis | inflammation, inflamation of |