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Medical Terminology: Prefixes/Suffixes

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Prefix/Suffix
Meaning
a-, an-   without  
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ab-   away from  
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ad-   near, toward  
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algia   pain  
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ante   before  
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anti-   against  
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bi-   two, double  
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brady   slow  
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circum-   around  
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co, con   together with  
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de   down, away from  
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desis   biding, fixation  
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dia   through  
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dys-   abnormal, difficult  
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ecto-   outside  
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-ectomy   excision, removal of  
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endo-   within  
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epi-   on top of, outer, over  
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exo-   away from  
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extra   outside, beyond  
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ferro-   iron  
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fore   before  
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form   shape of  
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graphy   writing, record, picture  
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hemi-   half  
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hydra-, hydro-   water, fluid  
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hyper-   above  
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hypo-   below  
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-iasis   condition of  
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-iatric   medicine, treatment  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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-isis, -asis   condition of  
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-itis   inflammation  
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juxta-   near  
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kinesis   movement  
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kypho-   humped  
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-logia, -logy   study of  
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-lysis   breakdown, disintegration  
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macro-   large  
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malacia   softening  
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med, medi, medio   middle  
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mega, megaly   enlargement  
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micro-   small  
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mono-   one  
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multi-   many  
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neo-   new  
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ob-   against  
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-oid   resemble, like  
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-oligo   few  
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-oma   tumor  
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-osis   condition  
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-otomy   incision, cut  
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pachy   thick  
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para-   near, abnormal  
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path   disease  
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-penia   lack of, deficiency  
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peri-   around  
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pexy-   fixation, suspension  
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-phobia   fear of  
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-phoresis   transmission  
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-plasty   plastic surgical correction  
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-plegia   paralysis, stroke  
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poly   many  
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post   after  
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pre-   before  
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pro-   before, on top of, on behalf of  
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pseudo-   false  
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-ptosis   drooping, falling  
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re-   back, again  
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retro-   backwards, behind  
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-rrhaphy   stitch, suture  
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-rhexis   rupture  
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-scopy   examine  
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semi-   half  
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sphygmo-   pulse  
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sub-   below  
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super-, supra-   above  
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sym, syn   together with  
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tachy-   fast, rapid  
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tele-   distance  
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toxo   poison, toxic  
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tri-   three  
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ultra-   above  
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uni-   one  
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xeno-   foreign  
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xero-   dry  
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albus   white  
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chloro   green  
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chrom   color  
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cirrhos   yellow  
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cyano   blue  
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erythr   red  
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leuko   white  
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melano   black  
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polio   gray  
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purpura   purple  
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rhodo   rose  
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rubeo   red  
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xantho   yellow  
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