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Terminology Prefixes & Suffixes
Prefixes & Suffixes
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
04/28/2013
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without,lack of,not
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ab-
 Definition
away from
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ad-
 Definition
toward,to,near
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ambi-, amphi-, ampho-
 Definition
both
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ana-
 Definition
up,toward,apart
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ante-
 Definition
before,in front of,forward
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anti-
 Definition
against,opposing
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apo-
 Definition
separation from,derived from
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auto-
 Definition
self
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bi-
 Definition
two,double,twice
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cata-
 Definition
down,under,lower,against
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circum-
 Definition
around
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co-, com-, con-,
 Definition
with,together
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contra-
 Definition
opposed,against
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de-
 Definition
reverse,remove
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di-
 Definition
two,twice
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dia-
 Definition
between,through,apart,across, completly
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dis-
 Definition
apart from,free from
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dys-
 Definition
difficult,painful,abnormal
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e-, ec-, ex-
 Definition
out of,from,away from
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ecto-, exo-,
 Definition
outer,outside,situated on
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em-, en-
 Definition
in
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endo-
 Definition
within, inner
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ep-, epi-
 Definition
upon,on,over,above
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eu-
 Definition
normal,good,well,healthy
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extra-
 Definition
outside of,beyond
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive,above,beyond
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hyp-, hypo-
 Definition
under,deficent,beneath
Term
im-, in-
 Definition
in,into,within,not
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infra-
 Definition
below,beneath
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-
 Definition
within
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intro-
 Definition
into,within
Term
mes-, meso-
 Definition
middle
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meta-
 Definition
change,beyond,after
Term
micr-, micro-
 Definition
small
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mult-, multi-
 Definition
many
Term
neo-
 Definition
new,recent
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pan-
 Definition
all,entire
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para-
 Definition
beside,beyond
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per-
 Definition
through,excessive
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peri-
 Definition
around
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poly-
 Definition
many,much,excessive
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post-
 Definition
after,behind
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pre-, pro-
 Definition
before,in front of
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pseudo-
 Definition
false
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re-
 Definition
again,backward
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retro-,
 Definition
backward,behind
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semi-
 Definition
half,partial
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sub-
 Definition
under,beneath
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super-, supra-
 Definition
above,superior,excess
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sym-, syn-
 Definition
togethe,with
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trans-
 Definition
across,through
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond,excess
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ous, -tic
 Definition
pertaining to,relating to
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ate
 Definition
having,resembling,acting upon
Term
-cele
 Definition
protrusion (hernia)
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-cle, -cule, -ole, -ola, -ule, -ulum,
-ulus
 Definition
small (diminutive)
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
cutting out
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomit
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-ent, -er, -ist, -or
 Definition
person,or agent
Term
-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y
 Definition
state or condition
Term
-form, -oid
 Definition
resembling,shaped like
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-genesis
 Definition
development,origin
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-gram, -graphy
 Definition
recording,written record
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument that records
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-ible, -ile
 Definition
capable,able
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-ize
 Definition
use,subject to
Term
-logy
 Definition
science,study of
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency of,lack of
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-pexy, -pexis
 Definition
fixation
Term
-phage, -phagy
 Definition
eating
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear or intolerance
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-plasia, -plastic, -plasty
 Definition
forming,growing,changing
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing in place
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for examining
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-scopy
 Definition
act of examining
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-stomy
 Definition
surgical opening
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-tome
 Definition
instrument for cutting
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-tomy
 Definition
cuttin,incision
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