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LOM Ch.1 Suf & Pre
Language of Medicine Ch 1 Suffixes & Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| aut- | self, own |
| auto- | self, own |
| dia- | through, complete |
| end- | within |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex- | out, outside of |
| exo- | outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| tranas- | across, through |