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Prefixes & Suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| Eponyms | Named after a person |
| the last syllable | Ultima |
| the almost-last syllable | Penult |
| the one before the one that is almost the last | Antepenult |
| gen/o | creation, cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -ula | small |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| ante- | before |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| peri- | around |
| dia- | through |
| trans- | through |
| e- | out |
| ec- | out |
| ex- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| endo- | in, inside |
| intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| multi- | many |
| con- | with, together |
| syn- | with, together |
| sym- | with, together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| how to read the word | suffix, prefix, root |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| my/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
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