Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots in Medicine
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Crani- | Pertaining to the skull
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-otomy | Cutting into
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Craniotomy | Cutting into the skull
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Dys- | Difficult, painful, or bad
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-uria | Urine
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Dysuria | Difficult or painful urination
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Hyster- | Uterus
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-ectomy | Surgical removal of
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Hysterectomy | Surgical removal of the uterus
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Hemo- | Blood
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-toxic | Poison
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Hemotoxic | Blood poison
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Peri- | Around
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-card- | Pertaining to the heart
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-itis | Inflammation of
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Pericarditis | Inflammation around the heart
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Leuko- | White
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-cyte | Cell
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Leukocyte | White (blood) cell
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Chole- | Bile, gallbladder
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-cyst- | Bladder, bag, sac
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-itis | Inflammation of
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Cholecystitis | Inflammation of the gallbladder
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Tachy- | Rapid, fast
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-cardia | Pertaining to the heart
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Tachycardia | Rapid or fast heart
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Neur- | Nerve, nervous system
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-algia | Pain
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Neuralgia | Nerve pain
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Poly- | Many, much
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-cyt- | Cell
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-emia | Blood
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Polycytemia | Many blood cells
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Brady- | Slow
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-cardia | Pertaining to the heart
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Bradycardia | Slow heart
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Gastr- | Stomach
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-ectomy | Surgical removal of
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Gastrectomy | Surgical removal of the stomach
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Mening- | Membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
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-itis | Inflammation of
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Meningitis | Inflammation of membranes of the brain and spinal cord
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Neo- | New
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-pathy | Disease, abnormal condition
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Neopathy | New disease or abnormal condition
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Dermat- | Pertaining to skin
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-ologist | Person who does/studies
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Dermatologist | Person who studies the skin
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Procto- | Rectum, rectal, anus
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-scope | Examining instrument
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Proctoscope | Instrument for examining the rectum
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Carcin- | Cancer, malignancy
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-oma | Tumor, a swelling
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Carcinoma | Cancerous tumor
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Electro- | Electrical
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-encephalo- | Brain
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-graph | Diagram, instrument for recording
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Electroencephalograph | Recording of electrical activity of the brain
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Osteo- | Bone
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-malacia | Softening of a tissue
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Osteomalacia | Softening of bone tissue
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Para- | Near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body
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-plegia | Paralysis
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Paraplegia | Paralysis of the lower half of the body
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Py- | Pus
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-uria | Urine
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Pyuria | Pus in urine
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Acro- | Extremities (Arms and legs)
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-megaly | Large, enlarged
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Acromegaly | Enlarged extremities
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Geront- | Old age, elderly
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-ology | Study of, science of
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Gerontology | Study of the elderly
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Dys- | Difficult, painful, or bad
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-phagia | To eat, consume, swallow
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Dysphagia | Difficulty to swallow
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Hydro- | Water
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-cele | Swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia
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Hydrocele | Water tumor
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Aden- | Gland, glandular
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-oma | Tumor, a swelling
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Adenoma | Swelling of the glands
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Anti- | Against
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-toxic | Poison
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Antitoxic | Against poison
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Ophthalm- | Eye
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-ology | Study of, science of
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Ophthalmology | Study of the eye
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Chole- | Bile, gallbladder
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-cyst- | Bladder, bag, sac
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-ectomy | Surgical removal of
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Cholecystectomy | Surgical removal of bladder
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Endo- | Within, innermost
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-card- | Pertaining to the heart
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-itis | Inflammation of
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Endocarditis | Inflammation within the heart
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Gastro- | Stomach
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-enter- | Intestine
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-itis | Inflammation of
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Gastroenteritis | Inflammation of the intestine inside the stomach
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Hypo- | Decreased, deficiency, low, under, less than normal
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-glyc- | Sugar
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-emia | Blood
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Hypoglycemia | Low blood sugar
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Septic- | Poison, rot, infection
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-emia | Blood
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Septicemia | Blood infection
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Olig- | Few, less than normal, small
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-uria | Urine
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Oliguria | Less than normal (amounts of) urine
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Bronch- | Air tubes in lungs
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-itis | Inflammation of
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Bronchitis | Inflammation of air tubes in lungs
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Homo- | Same, like
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-geneous | Kind, type
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Homogeneous | Same type
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Arterio- | Artery
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-sclerosis | Dryness or hardness
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Arteriosclerosis | Hardness of an artery
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Dys- | Difficult, bad, painful
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-meno- | Monthly
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-rrhea | Flow, discharge
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Dysmenorrhea | Difficult monthly flow or discharge
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Angio- | Vessel
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-pathy | Disease, abnormal condition
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Angiopathy | Disease of blood vessels
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Blepharo- | Eyelid
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-rrhaphy | Suture of, sewing up a gap or defect
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Blepharorrhaphy | Suture of eyelid
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Urethro- | Urethra (Tube from bladder to urinary meatus)
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-cyst- | Bladder, bag, sac
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-itis | Inflammation of
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Urethrocystitis | Inflammation of urethra in the bladder
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Pneumono- | Lung, pertaining to the lungs, air
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-melan- | Black
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-osis | Condition, state, process
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Pneumonomelanosis | State of black lungs
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Para- | Near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body
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-osteo- | Bone
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-arthro- | Joint
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-pathy | Disease, abnormal condition
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Paraosteoarthropathy | Disease of bone joints in the lower half of the body
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Salpingo- | Tube, fallopian tube
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-oophro- | Ovary, Female egg cell
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-cele | Tumor, swelling, hernia, cavity
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Salpingo-oophorocele | Swelling of the fallopian tube in the ovary
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Idio- | Peculiar to an individual; self-originating
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-pathic | Disease
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thrombo- | Clot, thrombus
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-cyto- | Cell
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-penia | Lack of, deficiency
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia | Self-originating disease that lacks the ability for cells to clot
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Narco- | Sleep
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-epi- | Upon, over, upper
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-lepsy | Seizure, convulsion
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Narcoepilepsy | Seizures over time of sleep
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Post- | After, behind
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-partum | Birth, labor
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Postpartum | After labor
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Hernio- | Rupture
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-rrhaphy | Suture of, sewing up a gap or defect
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Herniorrhaphy | Suture of a rupture
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Derma- | Pertaining to the skin
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-cyan- | Blue
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-osis | Condition
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Dermacyanosis | Condition in which skin is blue
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Thora- | Thorax, chest
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-centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid
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Thoracentesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid from chest
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