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prefixes/suffixes
medical terminology--prefixes and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden | gland |
| ad | toward, near, increase |
| ab | from, away |
| a | an, without, not |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| aer | air |
| artrh | joint |
| auto | self |
| bi | two, both |
| brady | slow |
| contra | against, opposite |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chole | bile-gall |
| colp | vagina |
| cost | ribs |
| cysto | bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| cerebo | brain |
| cerv | neck |
| circum | around |
| cyan | blue |
| dys | pain, difficult, bad |
| derm | skin |
| ecto | outside |
| em, en | in |
| endo | within |
| epi | above or upon |
| erythro | red |
| ex | out, away from, over |
| extra | outside |
| gastr | stomach |
| glyco | sugar, sweet |
| gynec | woman |
| hem | blood |
| hemat | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepat | liver |
| hydr | water |
| hyper | above, excess of |
| hypo | under, decficiency of |
| hyster | uterus |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| in | in, into |
| latero | side |
| leuk | white |
| lact | milk |
| lith | stone |
| lip | fat |
| macro | large |
| meta | beyond, over, transposition |
| multi | many |
| mono | single, one |
| mega, or megal | great, large, extreme |
| myelo | marrow |
| my or myo | muscle |
| micro | small |
| nephro | kidney |
| noct | night |
| neuro | nerve |
| ophthalm | eye |
| osteo or oss | bone |
| oophor | ovary |
| ortho | straight |
| ot | ear |
| pneum | lung, air |
| proct | rectum, anus |
| pyel | pelvis |
| py or pyo | pus |
| para | beside, around, abnormal, near |
| path or pathy | disease |
| peri | around, about |
| phleb | vein |
| phob | fear |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pan | all, entire |
| quadra | four |
| retro | backward, behind |
| semi | half |
| sub | under, beneath, below |
| psych | mind, soul |
| super or supra | above, beyond, superior |
| salpingo | tube |
| septic | poison |
| sten | narrow |
| tetra | four |
| trans | across, over |
| tri | three |
| therm | heat |
| tachy | fast |
| viscer | organ |
| ad | toward |
| algia | pain |
| asis or osis | affected with, condition of |
| al | pertaining to |
| cele | hernia, tumor, protrusion |
| centesis | puncture |
| clysis | injection |
| cyte | cell |
| ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| ectomy | excision(removal) |
| emia | blood |
| esthesia | relating to sensation |
| lasis | condition, formation of, presence of |
| itis | inflammation |
| ic | pertaining to |
| logy | science of, study of |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement, great extreme |
| oma | tumor |
| ostomy | creation of an opening, to furnish with a mouth |
| otomy | cuting into |
| orchid | testicle |
| ptosis | falling |
| penia | lack |
| pexy | suspension, fixation |
| pnea | air or breathing |
| plegia | stroke |
| phagia | eating |
| plasty | surgical correction, plastic repair of |
| rrhapy | suture of |
| rrhea | discharge |
| rrhagia | flowing or bursting forth |
| scopy | inspection, examination |
| sclerosis | dryness, hardness |
| tripsy | intentional crushing |
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