Commonly used Prefixes and Suffixes for PCT
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| a (an) | absence of, lacking, not (ex:apnea)
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| -algia | painful condition (ex: arthalgia)
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| angi: angio | blood or lymph vessel (ex: angiogram)
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| ant: anti | inhibiting, opposing
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| arter: arterio | artery (ex:arteriolosclerosis)
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| arth: arthro | joint (ex: arthritis)
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| -ase | an enzyme (ex: pancrease)
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| audi: audio | hearing, sound
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| auto | self
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| bio | life, living organism
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| brady | slow (ex: bradycardia)
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| cardi: cardio | heart
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| cervic | neck
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| -cidal, cide | killing (ex: suicidal)
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| colo | colon
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| contra | against, in opposition
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| cyst: cysto | bladder, sac (ex: cystitis)
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| derm: derma | skin (ex: dermatitis)
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| dys | abnormal, difficult (ex: dysmenorrhea)
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| ect: ecto | outside, external
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| -ectomy | surgical removal (ex: tonsillectomy)
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| -emia | condition of the blood (ex: anemia)
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| end: endo | inside, within
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| enter-entero | intestine
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| -facient | causing, making
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| gastro | stomach (ex: gastroenteritis)
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| -genic | producing, formed from
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| gluc: gluco | glucose, sugar (ex: glucometer)
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| hem: hemat | blood (ex: hemorrhage)
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| hepat | liver (ex: hepatitis)
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| hypo | low, less than normal (ex:hypglycemia)
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| hyper | high, more than usual (ex:hypertension)
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| inter | between (ex:intercellular)
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| intra | inside, within (ex:intravenous)
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| -itis | inflammation
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| macro | large, long
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| micro | small, short
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| my: myo | muscle
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| nephr: nephro | kidney (ex:nephrotoxic)
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| neur: neuro | nerve (ex:neuropathy)
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| -oma | tumor
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| opthalm | eye
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| -osis | any condition (ex:psycosis)
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| osteo | bone
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| oto | ear
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| path: pathy | disease
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| -penia | deficiency (ex:neutropenia)
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| peri | around, enclosing
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| phago | eating
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| phleb | vien (ex:phlebitis)
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| pneumo | air, gas, lung (ex: pneumonia)
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| poly | many, excessive (ex:polyuria)
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| post | after (ex:post-partum)
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| pre | before (ex:pre-op)
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| proct | rectum, anus
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| psych | mind, mental
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| pulmo | lung
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| rhin: rhino | nose
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| -stomy | surgical opening (ex:colostomy)
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| sub | below, inadequate
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| tachy | fast (ex:tachycardia)
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| therm | heat, tempature
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| tox: toxi | poisonous
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| -uria | condition of urine, urination
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| vaso | blood vessels
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