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Career Step Medical Prefixes and Suffixes
The prefixes and suffixes used in the Career Step medical coding program.
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02/01/2012
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Term
-able/-ible
 Definition
capable of
Term
-ac/-al/-an/-ar/-ary/-eal-ic/-ive/-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
-centesis
 Definition
procedure to aspirate fluid
Term
-ectasia/-ectasis
 Definition
dilation
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision or removal
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
blood
Term
-genic/-genesis
 Definition
beginning/producing
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-gram
 Definition
record
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-ia/-iasis
 Definition
condition
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-ism
 Definition
condition
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-ist
 Definition
one who
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-kinesia/-kinesis
 Definition
movement/motion
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-logist
 Definition
specialist
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-lysis
 Definition
loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying
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-lytic
 Definition
pertaining to destruction/freeing/loosening/breaking apart
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-mania
 Definition
preoccupation
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-meter
 Definition
unit or instrument of measure
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
-ose
 Definition
sugar
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition
Term
-ous
 Definition
pertaining to/characterized by
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-pathy
 Definition
disease or abnormality
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
-phagia/-gic/-gy
 Definition
eating/swallowing
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-rrhage/-rrhagia
 Definition
excessive bleeding/flow or discharge
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
Term
-scopy
 Definition
examination with an instrument
Term
-spasm
 Definition
twitching
Term
-stomy
 Definition
forming an opening
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stopping
Term
-tome
 Definition
an instrument for cutting
Term
-tomy
 Definition
incision (cutting into)
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
Term
-trophic/-trophy
 Definition
nutrition
Term
a-/an-
 Definition
no/without
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward
Term
ante-/pre-/pro-
 Definition
before
Term
anti-/contra-
 Definition
against
Term
bi-/di-
 Definition
two
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
de-
 Definition
down from or removing
Term
dia-
 Definition
through/between/across
Term
dys-
 Definition
difficult/abnormal
Term
ecto-/ex-/exo-
 Definition
outside/without/away from
Term
en-/endo-/em-/eso-
 Definition
inside
Term
epi-
 Definition
above/on
Term
eu-
 Definition
good/normal
Term
hemi-/semi-
 Definition
half/partly
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, greater than normal
Term
hypo-/sub-
 Definition
beneath/below normal/under
Term
in-
 Definition
not
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-
 Definition
within/inside of
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
meso-
 Definition
middle/moderate
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
multi-/poly-
 Definition
many/excessive
Term
mono-/uni-
 Definition
one
Term
nulli-
 Definition
none
Term
para-
 Definition
near/beside/resembling/abnormal
Term
per-
 Definition
through/by/completely
Term
peri-
 Definition
around/near
Term
post-
 Definition
after/behind
Term
primi-
 Definition
first
Term
re-
 Definition
back/again
Term
retro-
 Definition
behind/backward
Term
super-
 Definition
more than normal/excessive
Term
supra-
 Definition
above/over
Term
sy(n) (m)-
 Definition
together/union
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
trans-
 Definition
across/through
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uni-
 Definition
one
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