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Med Term Chapter 1&2

Prefixes, Suffixes, Word Parts

QuestionAnswer
-ac, -al, -ar pertaining to
-ago abnormal condition, disease
-algia painful, painful condition
-aria connected with
-ary pertaining to
-asthenia weakness, lack of strength
-cele hernia, tumor, swelling
-centesis surgical puncture to remove liquid
-ceps head
-cide causing death
-clasis breakdown
-crasia a mixture, blending
-crine secrete
-cyte cell
-desis surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together
-dynia pain
-eal pertaining to
-ectasis stretching, dilation, enlargement
-ectomy surgical removal, cutting out, excision
-edema swelling
-emia blood, blood condition
-esis abnormal condition, disease
-esthesia sensation, feeling
-genesis, -genic creation, reproduction
-gram, -graph a picture or record, a resulting record
-graphy the process of producing a picture or record
-ia abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium
-iatrist specialist
-ic pertaining to
-ion action, process, state or condition
-ior pertaining to
-ism condition, state of
-isy noun ending
-ist a person who practices, specialist
-itis inflammation
-listhesis slipping
-ive performs, tends toward
-lysis breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
-lytic to reduce, destroy
-malacia abnormal softening
-megaly enlargement
-meter, -metry to measure, an instrument used to measure
-metrist one who measures
-necrosis tissue death
-oid like, resembling
-ologist specialist
-ology the science or study of
-oma tumor, neoplasm
-opsy vision, view of
-ory pertaining to
-ose full of, pertaining to sugar
-osis abnormal condition, disease
-ostomy surgically creating an opening
-otomy cutting, surgical incision
-ous pertaining to
-pathy disease, suffering, feeling emotion
-paresis partial or incomplete paralysis
-pause stopping
-penia deficiency, lack, too few
-pexy surgical fixation
-phagia eating, swallowing
-phyma grow, growth
-plasia development, formation, growth
-plasm formative material of cells
-plasty surgical repair
-plegia paralysis, stroke
-pnea breathing
-poietic formation, to make; pertaining to formation
-ptosis droop, sag, fall, prolapse
-primi first
-rrhagia, -rrhage bleeding, abnormal, excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy surgical suturing
-rrhea flow or discharge
-rrhexis rupture
-sclerosis abnormal hardening
-scope instrument for visual examination
-scopy actual visual examination
-spasm sudden, involuntary contraction, tightening or cramping
-stasis control, maintenance of a constant level
-static causing control, maintenance of a constant level
-stenosis abnormal narrowing
-therapy treatment
-tic pertaining to
-tion process, state or quality of
-tripsy to crush
-trophy development, nourishment
-tropic having an affinity for
-um, -us singular noun ending, thing
ante/o, anter/o before, front
caud/o lower part of body, tail
cephal/o head
dors/i, dors/o back of body
poster/o behind, toward the back
ventr/o in front, belly side of body
ab- away from, negative, absent
ad- toward, to, in the direction of
ana- up, apart, backward, excessive
ante- before, in front of
anti- against
bi- two, twice, double
brachy- short
brady- slow
dia- through, between, apart, complete
dys- bad, difficult, or painful
end- endo- in, within, or inside
epi- above, upon, on
eti- cause
eu- good, normal, well or easy
eso- inward
exo- out of, outside, away from
hemi- half of
hyper- excessive, increased
hypo- deficient, decreased
inter- between, among
intra- within, inside
multi- many, much
neo- new, strange
nulli- none
pan- all, entire, every
par- beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, along side of, opposite
per- excessive, through
peri- surrounding, around
poly- many, much
post- after, behind
pre- before, in front of
retro- backward, behind, back of
sub- below, under, less
super-, supra- above, upper, excessive, higher than
tachy- fast, rapid
tele- distant, far
tri- three
ultra- beyond, excess
a-, an- negative, no, not, without, away from
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