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Medical Prefixes and Suffixes
Medical Prefixes and Suffixes
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Nursing
Pre-School
03/24/2012
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Term
a-
 Definition
absent, deficient, lack of(atrophy)
Term
ab-
 Definition
off, away from(absent)
Term
abdomin
 Definition
relating to the abdomen(abdominal)
Term
-able
 Definition
capable of (viable)
Term
acou-
 Definition
hear(acoustic)
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward,to (adduct)
Term
af-
 Definition
movement toward a central point
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain (fibromyalgia)
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both. ambidextrous
Term
angi-
 Definition
pertaining to vessels. angiology
Term
ante-
 Definition
before, in front of. antebrachium
Term
anti-
 Definition
against. anticoagulant
Term
aque-
 Definition
water. aqueous
Term
arthr-
 Definition
joint. arthritis
Term
-asis
 Definition
condition or state of. homeostasis
Term
aud-
 Definition
hearing, sound. auditory
Term
auto-
 Definition
self. autolysis
Term
bi-
 Definition
two. bipedal
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
blast-
 Definition
generative or germ bud (blastocyst)
Term
brachi-
 Definition
arm
Term
brachy-
 Definition
short
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow. bradycardia
Term
bucc-
 Definition
cheek
Term
cac-
 Definition
bad,ill (cachexia)
Term
calc-
 Definition
stone
Term
capit-
 Definition
head
Term
carcin-
 Definition
cancer
Term
cardi-
 Definition
heart
Term
cata-
 Definition
lower, under, against. catabolism
Term
caud-
 Definition
tail
Term
-cele
 Definition
tumor, swelling, hernia
Term
centesis
 Definition
puncture
Term
cephalo-
 Definition
head
Term
cerebro-
 Definition
brain
Term
chole
 Definition
bile
Term
chondr-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chrom-
 Definition
color
Term
-cide
 Definition
destroy
Term
cise-
 Definition
cut
Term
circum-
 Definition
around
Term
co-
 Definition
together
Term
colpo
 Definition
vagina
Term
con-
 Definition
with, together
Term
contra-
 Definition
against,opposite
Term
corp
 Definition
body
Term
crypt-
 Definition
hidden
Term
cyan-
 Definition
blue
Term
cyto-
 Definition
cell
Term
de-
 Definition
down, from. descent
Term
derm-
 Definition
skin
Term
di-
 Definition
two
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, between, across
Term
diplo-
 Definition
double
Term
dis-
 Definition
apart, away from
Term
duct-
 Definition
lead, conduct (ductus deferense)
Term
dur-
 Definition
hard. dura mater
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad, difficult, painful
Term
e-
 Definition
out,from. eccrine
Term
ec-
 Definition
outside, outer, external
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
Term
ede-
 Definition
swelling
Term
-emia
 Definition
pertaining to a condition of the blood
Term
emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
endo
 Definition
within
Term
enter(o)-
 Definition
intestine
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon, over
Term
erythr-
 Definition
red
Term
esthesia
 Definition
sensation
Term
ex-
 Definition
out of
Term
ex-
 Definition
out of
Term
exo-
 Definition
outisde
Term
extra
 Definition
outside of, in addition
Term
febr-
 Definition
fever
Term
fiss-
 Definition
split
Term
for-
 Definition
opening
Term
-form
 Definition
shape
Term
-gen
 Definition
an agent that produces
Term
-genic
 Definition
producing
Term
-gloss-
 Definition
tongue
Term
glyco-
 Definition
sugar
Term
-gram
 Definition
a record(ing)
Term
gran-
 Definition
grain, particle
Term
-graph
 Definition
recording instrument
Term
gravi-
 Definition
heavy
Term
hem(at)-
 Definition
blood
Term
hemi
 Definition
half
Term
herni
 Definition
rupture
Term
hetero-
 Definition
other, different
Term
histo-
 Definition
web, tissue
Term
homo-
 Definition
alike, same
Term
hyper
 Definition
above, excessive
Term
hypo-
 Definition
under, below
Term
hyster
 Definition
uterus
Term
-ia
 Definition
abnormal state
Term
iasis
 Definition
condition of
Term
-iatrics
 Definition
medical specialties
Term
icter
 Definition
jaundice
Term
idio-
 Definition
self, separate
Term
ileo
 Definition
ileum
Term
ilio
 Definition
ilium
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath
Term
inter-
 Definition
among, between
Term
intra-
 Definition
inside, within
Term
-ism
 Definition
condition or state
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
labi-
 Definition
lip
Term
lacri-
 Definition
tears
Term
lapar
 Definition
abdominal wall
Term
later-
 Definition
side
Term
leuk-
 Definition
white
Term
lith
 Definition
stone
Term
-logy
 Definition
science of
Term
-lysis
 Definition
solution, dissolve
Term
macro-
 Definition
large, great
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad, abnormal, disorder
Term
mania
 Definition
insanity
Term
mast-
 Definition
breast
Term
medi-
 Definition
middle
Term
mega-
 Definition
great, large
Term
month
 Definition
month
Term
meso-
 Definition
middle or moderate
Term
meta-
 Definition
after, beyond
Term
meter
 Definition
measure
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
mito-
 Definition
thread
Term
mono-
 Definition
alone, one, single
Term
morph
 Definition
form, shape
Term
muco-
 Definition
mucuous membrane
Term
multi-
 Definition
many, much
Term
myel
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marror
Term
narc-
 Definition
numbness, stupor
Term
necro-
 Definition
corpse, dead
Term
neo-
 Definition
young, new
Term
ocul
 Definition
eye
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling, likeness
Term
oligo-
 Definition
few, small
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
oo-
 Definition
egg
Term
or-
 Definition
mouth
Term
ortho-
 Definition
straight, normal
Term
-ory
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ose
 Definition
full of
Term
osis
 Definition
condition of
Term
osteo
 Definition
bone
Term
oto-
 Definition
ear
Term
ovo-
 Definition
egg
Term
pan
 Definition
all
Term
par-
 Definition
give birth to, bear
Term
para-
 Definition
near, beyond, beside
Term
path-
 Definition
disease
Term
-pathy
 Definition
abnormality, disease
Term
ped-
 Definition
children(Greek)
Term
ped-
 Definition
foot(Latin)
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
Term
per-
 Definition
through
Term
peri-
 Definition
near, around
Term
pexy
 Definition
to suspend
Term
phag-
 Definition
to eat
Term
phleb-
 Definition
vein
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear, dread
Term
-plasty
 Definition
reconstruction
Term
platy-
 Definition
flat, side
Term
-plegia
 Definition
stroke, paralysis
Term
-pnea
 Definition
to breath
Term
pneumo(n)-
 Definition
lung
Term
pod-
 Definition
foot
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation of
Term
poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
pre-
 Definition
before in time or place
Term
pro-
 Definition
before in time or place
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
psycho-
 Definition
mental
Term
ptosis
 Definition
droop or fall
Term
pyo
 Definition
puss
Term
pyro-
 Definition
heat
Term
quad
 Definition
fourfold
Term
re-
 Definition
back, again
Term
rect-
 Definition
straight
Term
retro-
 Definition
backward, behind
Term
rhin-
 Definition
nose
Term
irrhagia
 Definition
excessive flow
Term
rrhaphy
 Definition
to repair a defect
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
Term
rhin-
 Definition
nose
Term
--rrhagia
 Definition
excessive flow
Term
rrhaphy
 Definition
to repair a defect
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
Term
sanguin-
 Definition
blood
Term
sarc-
 Definition
flesh
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument
Term
-scopy
 Definition
look into, see
Term
-sect
 Definition
cut
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
septic
 Definition
poison, infection
Term
-sis
 Definition
process or action
Term
steno-
 Definition
narrow
Term
-stomy
 Definition
surgical opening
Term
sub-
 Definition
under, below
Term
super-
 Definition
above, upper
Term
supra-
 Definition
above, over
Term
syn-(sym)
 Definition
together, joined, with
Term
tachy-
 Definition
swift, rapid
Term
tele-
 Definition
far
Term
tens-
 Definition
stretch
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
therapy
 Definition
treatment
Term
therm-
 Definition
heat
Term
thrombo-
 Definition
lump, clot
Term
-tomy
 Definition
cut
Term
tox-
 Definition
poison
Term
tract-
 Definition
draw, drag
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, ocer
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
trich-
 Definition
hair
Term
-trophy
 Definition
nutritional state
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
-uria
 Definition
urine
Term
viscer-
 Definition
organ
Term
vit-
 Definition
life
Term
xantho
 Definition
yellow
Term
xero
 Definition
dry
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rrhage/rrhagia
 Definition
profuse discharge
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