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Abbreviations l-z
Medical prefixes, suffixes, and word roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -lepsy | seizure, convulsion |
| -logy | study of, science of |
| lymph- (o) | lymph tissue |
| mal- | bad, abnormal, disordered, poor |
| -megaly, mega- | large, enlarged |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one, single |
| -mortem | death |
| multi- | many, much, a large amount |
| my- (o) | muscle |
| myel- (o) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neuro- (o) | nerve, nervous system |
| ocul- (o) | eye |
| -ologist | person who does/studies |
| -oma | tumor, a swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -orrhea | flow, discharge |
| orth- (o) | normal, straight |
| ost- (e, eo) | bone |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| para- | near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body |
| path- (ia, o, y) | disease, abnormal, condition |
| -penia | lack of, abnormal, reduction in number, deficiency |
| -pepsia, -pepsis | digestion |
| per- | through by, excessive |
| peri- | around |
| phleb- (o) | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| -pnea | breathing |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | in front of, forward |
| pseudo- | false |
| psych- (i, o) | pertaining to the mind |
| pulmon- (o) | lung |
| pyr- (o) | heat, fever |
| quad- (ra, ri) | four |
| radi- (o) | X-rays, radiation |
| re- | back, again |
| recto- (o) | rectum |
| retro- | backward, in back, behind |
| -rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture of, bursting |
| sarc- (o) | malignant (cancer) connective tissue |
| -sarcoma | tumor, cancer |
| scler- (o) | hardening |
| -scopy | observation |
| -sect | cut |
| semi- | half, part |
| steno- | contracted, narrow |
| sub- | less, under, below |
| sup- (er, ra) | above, upon, over, higher in postion |
| ten- (do, o) | tendon |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm- (o,y) | heat |
| thromb- (o) | clot, thrombus |
| -tox (ic) | poison |
| trach- (e, i, o) | trachea, windpipe |
| tri- | three |
| -trophy | nutrition, growth, development |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| ur- (o) | urine, urinary tract |
| -uria | urine |
| vas- (o) | vessel, duct |
| ven- (a) | vein |
| vertebr- (o) | spine, vertebrae |
| vit- (a) | necessary for life |
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