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Allied Health
Health terms
Term | Definition |
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a- | no, not without, away from negative. |
-ac | pertaining to |
brady- | slow |
-poisesis | formation, to make |
-para | to give birth |
Per- | exclusive, through |
Pro- | before, in and behalf of |
Post | after, behind |
-ary | pertaining to |
mega- | large, great |
-metry | to measure |
sub- | under, less, below |
-Phoresis | carrying, transmission |
uni- | one |
dys- | bad, difficult or painful |
-logy | study of |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
-pathy | disease, suffering, feeling or emotion |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-phage | a cell that destroys, eats, swallows |
-graph | a picture or record, machine for recording |
retro | behind, backward, back of |
tri- | three |
an- | no, not without |
-desis | surgical fixation or bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
hyper | excessive, increased |
dipl- | double |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
ecto- | out , outside |
mal- | bad, poor, evil |
multi- | many, much |
emesis | vomiting |
-glia | glue like nervous tissue |
endo | in, within, inside |
-oid | like resembling |
-opsia | vision, view of |
-iac- | pertaining to |
-tomy | process of cutting |
-ile | capable of |
clast | break down |
centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
hemi- | half |
-itis | inflammation |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
inter- | between, among |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
ex- | out of, outside away from |