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LOM Ch.1 Suf & Pre
Language of Medicine Ch 1 Suffixes & Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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-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 |