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Health Science Terms

Prefixes

TerminologyDefinition
a/an without, not
ab- away from
ad- toward
ante- before
bi- two
brady- slow
contra- against
dys- difficult, bad
endo- within
hyper- excessive, above
hypo- below
inter- between
intra- within
peri- around
pro- before
retro- behind
sym/syn together
tachy- fast
trans- across
-algia painful condition
-cele hernia, swelling
-cyte cell
-ectasis dilation
-emia blood condition
-genic orgin, prodcution
-ia condition
-itis inflammation
-malacia softening
-megaly enlargment
-oma tumor
-pathy disease
-penia deficiency, lack of
-rrhagia excessive flow
-stasis standing still
-centesis puncture of a cavity
-ectomy surgical removal of
-ology study of
-opsy viewing
-otomy incinsion into
-pexy fixation
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhaphy suturing
-rrhea flow or discharge
-scopy examination
-tripsy surgical crushing
leuko- white
cyano- blue
xantho- yellow
erythro- red
melano- black
chloro- green
athro- joint
arterio- artery
balano- penis
blepharo- eyelid
cardio- heart
cephalo- head
cerebro- brain
cervico- neck
cheilor- lip
colo- colon
costo- ribs
cranio- skull
cutaneo- skin
cysto- bladder
dermato- skin
hepat/o- liver
hystero- uterus
oophoro- ovary
opthalmo- eye
orchio- testes
oto- ear
procto- rectum
encephalo- brain
gastro- stomach
gingivo- gums
glosso-- tongue
rhino- nose
reno/nephro/o kidney
salpingo- tubes
spleno- spleen
stomato- mouth
tricho- hair
vertebro- vertebra
adeno- gland
angio- vessels
audio- hearing
arthro- joint
bio- life
cholecysto- gallbladder
chondro- cartilage
cise- cut
cyto- cell
gyneco- woman
hemo- blood
hemato- blood
histo- tissue
masto- breast
myo- muscle
neuro- nerve
onco- tumor
osteo- bone
ova- egg
patho- disease
pneumo- lung, air
pneumono- lung, air
psycho- soul, mind
thrombo- clot
uro- urine
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