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MEDICAL LANG CH. 1
suffixes and prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -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 |