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Prefix, suffix
medical terms
Question | Answer |
---|---|
-itis | Inflammation |
-gram | written record |
post- | After |
-tomy | Surgical incision |
pre- | before |
-algia | pain |
-theorapy | treatment |
dys- | Difficult, panful, bad |
peri- | around |
ren/o | Kidney |
hepat/o | liver |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-ectomy | Surgical removal |
-scope | Instrument for visual examination |
hyper- | increase more than normal |
hypo- | Decrease, less than normal |
-osis | Abnormal condition |
-lysis | dissolution, breakdown, seperate |
sub- | under, beneath |
poly- | many |
olig/o | scant/little |
-uria | pertaining to the urin |
cyst/o | pertaining to the bladder |
-al; -ary; -ar; -ic | suffix for pertaining to |
cardio- | Heart |
osteo- | Bones |
arthr/o- | Joints |