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Medical Terminology
Kinesiology- Medical Terminology prefixes, suffixes and word bases
Term | Definition |
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a,an | without, lack of |
ad | to, toward, near to |
ante | before |
anti | against |
bi | twice, two |
brady | slow |
circum | around |
contra | against, opposite |
dia, per | through |
ecto | outer |
endo | within, inside |
epi | upon, above |
erythro | red |
exo | outside,outer |
extra | outside |
hemi | semi, half |
homeo | same |
hyper | increase |
hypo | decrease |
infra | below |
inter | between |
intra | within |
adeno | gland |
angio | vessel |
arthr | joint |
carin | cancer |
cardia/o | heart |
cerebro | brain |
chondr | cartilage |
cyte/o | cell |
derm | skin |
edem | swell |
entro | intestine |
gastro | stomach |
gloss | tongue |
glyco | sugar, sweet |
hem | blood |
hepato | liver |
hist | tissue |
hydro | water |
leuko | white |
lip | fat |
mast | breast |
myelo | spinal cord |
mal | bad |
meso | middle |
macro | large |
micro | small |
mono | single |
multi | poly, many |
neo | new |
para | beside, beyond, near |
peri | around |
post | after |
pre | before |
pseudo | false |
sclero | hard |
sub | under |
super, supra | above, upon |
tachy | fast |
trans | across |
tri | three |
algia | pain |
clast | break |
emia | blood |
ectomy | cut out |
gram | drawing |
myo | muscle |
nephro | kidney |
neuro | nerve |
oculo | eye |
odonto | teeth |
ortho | straight, normal |
osteo | bone |
oto | ear |
phleb | vein |
pneumo | air, lungs |
pod | foot |
psycho | mind |
tox | poison |
viscer | internal organ |
graph | instrument that records |
ism | condition, state of |
itis | inflammation, swelling |
ology | study of |
lysis | break up, dissolving |
oma | tumor |
ory | referring to |
osis | condition of |
pathy | disease |
penia | deficiency |
phobia | fear of |
plegia | paralysis |
scope | examine, instrument to examine |
stasis | stop |
stomy | make an artificial opening |
tomy | cut, incision |