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Med Term - PREFIXES
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Question | Answer |
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a-, an- | no, not, without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward. near |
ana- | up, apart |
ante- | before, forward |
anti- | against |
bi- | two, both |
brady- | slow |
con- | with, together |
dia- | complete, through |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
ec- | out, outside |
endo- | within, in, inner |
epi- | above, upon |
ex- | out |
extra- | outside of |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, too much, above |
hypo- | deficient, too little, below |
in- | in, into |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
mal- | bad |
meta- | change, beyond |
neo- | new |
para- | beside, near, along the side of |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before |
pro- | before, forward |
pros- | before, forward |
quadri- | four |
re- | back, behind |
retro- | back, behind |
sub- | under, less than |
syn- | with, together |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across, through |
tri- | three |
ultra- | beyond |
uni- | one |
circum- | around |
de- | down, away from |
e-, ec- | out |
ecto- | outside |
en- | in, inside |
eu- | good |
micro- | small |
mono- | one |
multi- | many |
oligo- | few |
pan- | all |
semi- | half |
sym- | with, together |
aut- | self |
macro- | large, abnormal size, big |
mega- | large, great |
super-, supra- | above, excessive |
-algia | condition of pain |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-osis | condition, abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease condition |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhage or -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood, excessive flow |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-uria | condition of urine |
-al or -eal | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
-plasty | surgical repair, or surgical correction |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-stomy | opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-otomy | incision, cutting into |
-cele | hernia |
-desis | binding |
-dynia | pain |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-iasis | presence of |
-iatrics and -iatry | medicine science |
-iatrist | specialists in medicine of |
-icle | small |
-ist | specialist |
-ium | tissue, structure |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-meter | instrument use to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-ole | small |
-ous | pertaining to |
-penia | deficiency |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-ula | small |
-y | condition, process |
-cyte | cell |
-ism | condition, process |
-sis | state of |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-plegia | paralysis, stroke |
-paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |