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Final Term Medix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, not |
| per- | through |
| anti- | against |
| epi- | upper |
| peri- | around |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| brady- | slow |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| extra- | outside |
| trans- | across |
| endo- | within |
| pneu- | lungs and air |
| eu- | good, normal, well, easy |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| trans- | across |
| lacti- | milk |
| primi- | first |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| multi- | many, most |
| post- | after, behind |
| juxta- | beside, next to |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | below, deficient in |
| poly- | many, much |
| dia- | through, across |
| retro- | behind |
| bi- | two, double |
| eso- | inward |
| intra- | within, in |
| inter- | between |
| extra- | on the outside |
| exo- | outward |
| mono- | one |
| sub- | below |
| hydro- | water |
| contra- | against |
| pachy- | thick |
| para- | beside, beyond, around |
| syn- | together, joined |
| uni- | one |
| necto- | death, necrosis |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |
| quadra- | four |
| quadri- | four |
| supra- | above, excessive, superior |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| ab- | from, away from |
| af- | toward |
| ad- | toward |
| allo- | other, differing from the normal |
| bi- | two |
| cata- | down |
| cine- | movement |
| de- | cessation |
| ec- | out, out from |
| ef- | away from |
| en- | in, within |
| hemi- | one half |
| infra- | below, under |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| medi- | middle |
| mega- | enlargement |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| oxy- | quick, sharp |
| pan- | all |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| semi- | one half |
| tri- | three |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -oma | tumor |
| -phage | cell that destroys, eats |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -crasia | mixture, blending |
| -fusion | joining, pour |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -phonia | voice |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation (enlargement) |
| -osmia | smell |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
| -arche | beginning |
| -para | near, beside, beyond |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -salpinx | tube |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -version | turning |
| -genesis | forming, production, orgin |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -uria | urinary condition |
| -al, -ar | pertaining to |
| -cide | killing |
| -ism | condition of |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | excission |
| -tomy | surgical incission |
| -cele | herniation, swelling |
| -spadias | slit, fissure |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -opia, -opsia | vision |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -pexy | put in place, fixation |
| -plexy | stroke |
| -algisia | pain |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -asthenia | meakness or loss of strength |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swalling, eating |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhythm/o | rhythm |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasis | break, surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break |
| -desis | bidnding, fixation of a bone or joint |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -porosis | orous |
| -schisis | a splitting, cleft, fissure |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -derma | skin |
| -dynia | pain |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ologist | expert in the study of |
| -ology | the study of |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -pathy | disease of |
| -ate | having the form of, possessing |
| -ation | process (of) |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -ceps | head |
| -ception | conceiving |
| -cision | a cutting |
| -clesis | closure |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| -continence | to hold back |
| -crine | secrete |
| -duction | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | state of; condition |
| -ferent | to carry |
| -glia | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| -globin | protein |
| -ician | specialist |
| -ion | the act of |
| -ization | process (of) |
| -lalia | speech, babble |
| -lucent | to shine; clear |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -mania | state of mental disorder, fenzy |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -ose | pertaining to, sugar |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -potence | power |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -spadias | slit, fissure |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -taxia | order |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -um | structure, thing |