Med Term - PREFIXES Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward. near |
| ana- | up, apart |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two, both |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | with, together |
| dia- | complete, through |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ec- | out, outside |
| endo- | within, in, inner |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex- | out |
| extra- | outside of |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, too much, above |
| hypo- | deficient, too little, below |
| in- | in, into |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside, near, along the side of |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, forward |
| pros- | before, forward |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | back, behind |
| retro- | back, behind |
| sub- | under, less than |
| syn- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond |
| uni- | one |
| circum- | around |
| de- | down, away from |
| e-, ec- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| eu- | good |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| semi- | half |
| sym- | with, together |
| aut- | self |
| macro- | large, abnormal size, big |
| mega- | large, great |
| super-, supra- | above, excessive |
| -algia | condition of pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | condition, abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhage or -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood, excessive flow |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -al or -eal | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
| -plasty | surgical repair, or surgical correction |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -otomy | incision, cutting into |
| -cele | hernia |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics and -iatry | medicine science |
| -iatrist | specialists in medicine of |
| -icle | small |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -meter | instrument use to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -ula | small |
| -y | condition, process |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -sis | state of |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
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