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Medical Terms - 6Yve
Medical Terminology - Lesson 6 - A thru H Prefixes & Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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A, An | Without (anemia = without blood) |
Ab | Away from (abduction = to rotate away from (in medicine)) |
Ad | Toward (adventure = toward a venture) |
Algia | Pain (neuralgia = nerve pain) |
Ante | Before; Wall part (antediluvian = before the biblical flood) |
Anti | Against (antibiotic, antifreeze) |
Bi | Two, double (bilateral, bilingual) |
Brady | Slow (bradycardia = slow heartbeat) |
Circum | Around (circumnavigate; circumrenal = around the kidney) |
Co, Con | Together (coworker; concentric; congenital = with birth, or born with) |
De | Down, Away from (dehydrate = away from hydration) |
Desis | Binding; Fixation of (arthrodesis = surgical fixation of a joint) |
Dia | Through (diagonal; diaplacental = through the placenta) |
Dys | Difficult; Abnormal (dysfunctional; dysemia = abnormal blood) |
Ecto | Outside (extocornea = outer layer of the cornea) |
Ectomy | Excision (to cut out & remove) (tonsillectomy) |
Endo | Within (endoskeleton = body support of inside skeleton; endogastric = within the stomach) |
Epi | Outer, on top of, over (epicurean; epigastric = top of stomach) |
Exo | Away from (exotic = away from the usual; exophthalmus = eyes bulging away from) |
Extra | Outside, Beyond (extrasensory, extracurricular) |
Ferro | Iron (ferrokinetics = study of iron metabolism) |
Fore | Before, front, front-facing (forehead, forecast) |
Form | Shape of (reniform = kidney-shaped) |
Graphy | Writing, Record (telegraph = distance writing; graphospasm = writer's cramp) |
Hemi | Half (hemisphere = half of a sphere; hemiparesis = paralysis to one half of the body) |
Hydra, Hydro | Water (hydrophobia = fear of water; hydrate = increase water concentration and/or content) |
Hyper | Above (also high, fast) (hypertension = high blood pressure; hyperactive) |
Hypo | Below (also low, slow) (hypothermic = below optimal temperature) |