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Medical Terminology
Prefixes and suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
01/20/2009
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
no, not, without
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ab-
 Definition
away from
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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ana-
 Definition
up, apart
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ante-
 Definition
before, forward
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anti-
 Definition
against
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-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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-arche
 Definition
beginning
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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aut- or auto-
 Definition
self, own
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic, immature
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bi-
 Definition
two
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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cata-
 Definition
down
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-chezia
 Definition
defecation, elimination of wastes
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-coccus (pl. -cocci)
 Definition
berry-shaped bacterium (pl. bacteria)
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con-
 Definition
with, together
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contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
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-crine
 Definition
to secrete
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-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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de-
 Definition
down, lack of
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dia-
 Definition
through, complete
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-drome
 Definition
to run
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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dys-
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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ec-, ecto-
 Definition
out, outside
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-ectasis, -ectasia
 Definition
stretching, dilation, widening
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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en-, endo-
 Definition
in, within
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epi-
 Definition
above, on, upon
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-er
 Definition
one who
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eu-
 Definition
good, normal
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ex-
 Definition
out, away from
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-fusion
 Definition
coming together; to pour
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-gen
 Definition
substance that produces
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-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing, forming
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-genic
 Definition
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-gram
 Definition
record
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-gravida
 Definition
pregnant
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-lithiasis
 Definition
condition of stones
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-lithotomy
 Definition
incision (for removal) of a stone
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo-
 Definition
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-iac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-ic or -ical
 Definition
pertaining to
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in-
 Definition
not; into, in, within
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infra-
 Definition
beneath
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
into, within
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-ion
 Definition
process
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-ior
 Definition
pertaining to
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ipsi-
 Definition
same
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-ism
 Definition
process, condition
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lapse
 Definition
to slide, fall, sag
Term
-logy
 Definition
process of study
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening
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macro-
 Definition
large
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mal-
 Definition
bad
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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meta-
 Definition
beyond; change
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-meter
 Definition
to measure
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micro-
 Definition
small
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-mission
 Definition
to send
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multi-
 Definition
many
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neo-
 Definition
new
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nulli-
 Definition
no, not, none
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass, swelling
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-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
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-or
 Definition
one who
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-ole
 Definition
little, small
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-orexia
 Definition
appetite
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-ose
 Definition
pertaining to, full of
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-osis
 Definition
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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pan-
 Definition
all
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para-
 Definition
abnormal, beside, near
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-parous
 Definition
bearing, bringing forth
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-partum
 Definition
birth, labor
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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per-
 Definition
through
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peri-
 Definition
surrounding, around
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-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-phoria
 Definition
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
Term
-physis
 Definition
to grow
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-plasia
 Definition
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
 Definition
structure or formation
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
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-poietin
 Definition
substance that forms
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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post-
 Definition
after, behind
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-prandial
 Definition
meal
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pre-
 Definition
before, in front of
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primi-
 Definition
first
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pro-
 Definition
before, forward
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pseudo-
 Definition
false
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-ptosis
 Definition
sagging, drooping, prolapse
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re-
 Definition
back, backward, again
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retro-
 Definition
behind, backward
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument to visually examine
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-salpinx
 Definition
uterine tube
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining with an endoscope
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-sis
 Definition
state of; condition
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-somes
 Definition
bodies
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-spasm
 Definition
sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-stenosis
 Definition
tightening, stricture, narrowing
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-stomy
 Definition
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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sub-
 Definition
below, under
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supra-
 Definition
above, upper
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syn-, sym
 Definition
together, with (syn- becomes sym- before letters b, m, p)
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting, incision
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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trans-
 Definition
across, through
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-type
 Definition
picture, classification
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tocia
 Definition
labor, birth
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-tresia
 Definition
opening
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-tripsy
 Definition
to crush
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-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
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-ule
 Definition
little, small
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
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-um, -ium
 Definition
structure, tissue
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
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-uria
 Definition
urination, urine condition
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-us
 Definition
structure, substance
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-version
 Definition
act of turning
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-y
 Definition
process, condition
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