Medical Terms - 6Yve Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| A, An | Without (anemia = without blood) |
| Ab | Away from (abduction = to rotate away from (in medicine)) |
| Ad | Toward (adventure = toward a venture) |
| Algia | Pain (neuralgia = nerve pain) |
| Ante | Before; Wall part (antediluvian = before the biblical flood) |
| Anti | Against (antibiotic, antifreeze) |
| Bi | Two, double (bilateral, bilingual) |
| Brady | Slow (bradycardia = slow heartbeat) |
| Circum | Around (circumnavigate; circumrenal = around the kidney) |
| Co, Con | Together (coworker; concentric; congenital = with birth, or born with) |
| De | Down, Away from (dehydrate = away from hydration) |
| Desis | Binding; Fixation of (arthrodesis = surgical fixation of a joint) |
| Dia | Through (diagonal; diaplacental = through the placenta) |
| Dys | Difficult; Abnormal (dysfunctional; dysemia = abnormal blood) |
| Ecto | Outside (extocornea = outer layer of the cornea) |
| Ectomy | Excision (to cut out & remove) (tonsillectomy) |
| Endo | Within (endoskeleton = body support of inside skeleton; endogastric = within the stomach) |
| Epi | Outer, on top of, over (epicurean; epigastric = top of stomach) |
| Exo | Away from (exotic = away from the usual; exophthalmus = eyes bulging away from) |
| Extra | Outside, Beyond (extrasensory, extracurricular) |
| Ferro | Iron (ferrokinetics = study of iron metabolism) |
| Fore | Before, front, front-facing (forehead, forecast) |
| Form | Shape of (reniform = kidney-shaped) |
| Graphy | Writing, Record (telegraph = distance writing; graphospasm = writer's cramp) |
| Hemi | Half (hemisphere = half of a sphere; hemiparesis = paralysis to one half of the body) |
| Hydra, Hydro | Water (hydrophobia = fear of water; hydrate = increase water concentration and/or content) |
| Hyper | Above (also high, fast) (hypertension = high blood pressure; hyperactive) |
| Hypo | Below (also low, slow) (hypothermic = below optimal temperature) |
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