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Prefixes & Suffixes
Medical Terminology Intro CH 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CHROM | COLOR |
| ALBIN | WHITE |
| LEUKO | WHITE |
| CHLOR | GREEN |
| CIRRH | ORANGE-YELLO |
| CYAN | BLUE |
| ERYTHR | RED |
| RUBE | RED |
| MELAN | BLACK |
| POLY | GREY |
| PURPURA | PURPLE |
| XANTH | YELLOW |
| two word elements refer to the color WHITE | leuko, albin |
| word elements refer to the color RED | erythr, rube |
| MICROGRAM | one thousandth of a milligram |
| ab- | prefix for away from |
| ad- | prefix for toward |
| ana- | prefix for up |
| ante- | prefix for before |
| cata- | prefix for down |
| two prefixes that mean around | circum- peri- |
| endo- | prefix for within |
| epi- | prefix for upon, above |
| ex- | prefix for out, away from |
| extra- | prefix for outside, beyond |
| cac- | prefix for bad |
| hypo- | prefix for below, deficient |
| infra- | prefix for below |
| inter- | prefix for between |
| intra- | prefix for within |
| meso- | prefix for middle |
| para- | prefix for beside |
| retro- | prefix for backward |
| sub- | prefix for below |
| supra- | prefix for above, beyond |
| two prefixes that mean double | prefix for bi- and dipl- |
| ambi- | prefix for both |
| bi- | prefix for two, double |
| centi- | prefix for a hundred |
| deca- | prefix for ten |
| dipl- | prefix for double |
| di(s)- | prefix for two |
| milli- | prefix for one thousandth |
| multi- | prefix for many, much |
| nulli- | prefix for none |
| poly- | prefix for many |
| primi- | prefix for first |
| quadri- | prefix for four |
| quint- | prefix for five |
| two prefixes that mean half | semi- hemi- |
| tetra- | prefix for four |
| tri- | prefix for three |
| uni- | prefix for one |
| two prefixes that mean without, lack of | a- an- |
| two prefixes that mean against | anti- contra- |
| auto- | prefix for self |
| brachy- | prefix for short |
| brady- | prefix for slow |
| two prefixes for bad | cac- mal- |
| dia- | prefix for through |
| dys- | prefix for bad, difficult |
| eu- | prefix for good, normal |
| hetero- | prefix for different |
| homeo- | prefix for similar, same |
| mega- | prefix for large, great |
| micro- | prefix for small |
| oligo- | prefix for scanty, little |
| pan- | prefix for all |
| pseudo- | prefix for false |
| sym-, syn- | 2 prefixes for together |
| 2 suffixes that mean pain | -algia -dynia |
| -algia | suffix for pain |
| -dynia | suffix for pain |
| -cele | suffix for hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -emesis | suffix for vomiting |
| -itis | suffix for inflammation |
| -lith | suffix for stone |
| -lysis | suffix for destruction, separation |
| -malacia | suffix for softening |
| -megaly | suffix for enlargement, large |
| -oid | suffix for resemble |
| -oma | suffix for tumor |
| -osis | suffix for condition of |
| -pathy | suffix for disease |
| -penia | suffix for deficiency |
| -plegia | suffix for paralysis, stroke |
| -ptosis | suffix for drooping |
| -ptysis | suffix for spitting |
| -rrhage | suffix for bursting forth |
| -rrhagia | suffix for bursting forth |
| -rrhea | suffix for flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | suffix for rupture |
| -centesis | suffix for surgical puncture |
| -desis | suffix for binding |
| -ectomy | suffix for surgical excision |
| -gram | suffix for a weight, mark, or record |
| -graph | suffix for to write, record |
| -meter | suffix for measure |
| -opsy | suffix for to view |
| -pexy | suffix for surgical fixation |
| -plasty | suffix for surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suffix for suture |
| -scope | suffix for instrument |
| -scopy | suffix for to view |
| -stasis | suffix for control, stopping |
| -stomy | suffix for new opening |
| -tome | suffix for instrument to cut |
| -tomy | suffix for incision |
| -blast | suffix for immature cell, germ cell |
| -cyte | suffix for cell |
| -phasia | suffix for to speak |
| -philia | suffix for attraction |
| -phraxis | suffix for to obstruct |
| -physis | suffix for growth |
| -plasia | suffix for formation, produce |
| -pnea | suffix for breathing |
| -poiesis | suffix for formation |
| -trophy | suffix for nourishment, development |
| -uria | suffix for urine |
| cac- | prefix for BAD |
| -hexia | suffix for CONDITION OF |
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