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MEDICAL LANG CH. 1
suffixes and prefixes
Question | Answer |
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-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ine | pertaining to |
-ive | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-ation | a process; being or having |
-ion | action; condition |
-lysis | process of breaking down or destroying |
-ia | condition; state; thing |
-ism | process;disease from a specific cause |
-itis | inflammation of; infection of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
-pathy | disease; suffering |
-ectomy | surgical excision |
-gram | a record or picture |
-graphy | process of recording |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument used to examine |
-scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
-stomy | surgically created opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
-iatry | medical treatment |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-logy | the study of |
endo- | innermost; within |
epi- | upon; above |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
peri- | around |
post- | after; behind |
pre- | before; in front of |
sub- | below; underneath; less than |
trans- | across; through |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
hemi- | one half |
hyper- | above; more than normal |
hypo- | below; deficient |
mono- | one; single |
poly- | many; much |
quadri- | four |
tachy- | fast |
tri- | three |
a- | away from; without |
an- | without; not |
anti- | against |
de- | reversal of; without |
dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal |
eu- | normal; good |
mal- | bad; inadequate |
re- | again and again |