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Medical Terminology
Prefixes and Suffixes
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01/07/2010
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Term
a-
an-
 Definition
no, not, without
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
-able
-ible
 Definition
capable of, able to
Term
-ac
-al
-an
-ar
-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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agora-
 Definition
marketplace
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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ante-
 Definition
before
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anti-
 Definition
against
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-ation
 Definition
action or process
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bi-
 Definition
two
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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centi-
 Definition
one hundred or one-hundreth
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-cidal
 Definition
killing
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contra-
 Definition
against
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-crine
 Definition
secrete
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circum-
 Definition
around
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contra-
 Definition
against
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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de-
 Definition
down, from, removing, reversing
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-derm
 Definition
skin
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di-
 Definition
two
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dia-
 Definition
through
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diplo-
 Definition
double
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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dys-
 Definition
bad, difficult
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ectasia, -ectasis
 Definition
dilation, stretching
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ecto-
ex-, exo-
 Definition
out, without, away from
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision, surgically remove
Term
-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
blood
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en-
endo-
 Definition
inside
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epi-
 Definition
above or upon
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-esis
 Definition
action, process or result of
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-esthesia
 Definition
sensation, perception
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eu-
 Definition
normal, good
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-eum, -ium
 Definition
membrane
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extra-
 Definition
outside
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-gen
 Definition
beginning, origin
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-genic
 Definition
produced by or in
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-genesis
 Definition
producing, forming
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-gram
 Definition
a record
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-graph
 Definition
recording instrument
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, more than normal
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hypo-
 Definition
beneath or below normal
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-ia, -iasis
 Definition
condition
Term
-iac
 Definition
one who suffers
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-iatrician
 Definition
practitioner
Term
-iactrics, -iatric, -iatry
 Definition
medicine
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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in-
 Definition
not, inside, in
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infra-
 Definition
below
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-ism
 Definition
condition, theory
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-kinesia
-kinesis
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
-lexia
 Definition
words, phrases
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
-lith
 Definition
stone, calculus
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies, specialist
Term
-logy
 Definition
study or science of
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-logic, -logical
 Definition
pertaining to the science or study of
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-lysin
 Definition
that which destroys
Term
-lysis
 Definition
dissolving, destruction, freeing
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-lytic
 Definition
capable of destroying
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macro-
 Definition
large
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-mania
 Definition
excessive preoccupation
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medio-
 Definition
middle or nearer the middle
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mega-
 Definition
enlargement
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-megaly
 Definition
large, enlarged
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meso-
 Definition
middle
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meta-
 Definition
change or next in a series
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument used to measure
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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micro-
 Definition
small
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mid-
 Definition
middle
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milli-
 Definition
one-thousandth
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mono-
 Definition
single or one
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multi-
 Definition
many
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nulli-
 Definition
none
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ole
 Definition
little
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-on
 Definition
body
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
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-orexia
 Definition
appetite
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-ose
 Definition
sugar
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-osis
 Definition
condition
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to, characterized by
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pan-
 Definition
all
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-para
 Definition
female who has given birth
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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per-
 Definition
through, by
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peri-
 Definition
around
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
-phagy
 Definition
eating, swallowing, ingesting
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
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-physis
 Definition
growth
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
production
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-poietin
 Definition
substance that causes production
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poly-
 Definition
many
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post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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pre-
 Definition
before
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primi-
 Definition
first
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pro-
 Definition
before
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-ptosis
 Definition
sagging, prolapse
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quad-
quadri-
 Definition
four
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retro-
 Definition
behind, backward
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
excessive bleeding
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-rrhagia
 Definition
hemmorhage
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-schisis
 Definition
slipt, cleft
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used for viewing
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining
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semi-
 Definition
half, partly
Term
-spasm
 Definition
twitching, cramp
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-static
 Definition
keeping stationary
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-stomy
 Definition
formation of an opening
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sub-
 Definition
under
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super-
 Definition
excessive or above
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supra-
 Definition
above, beyond
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sym-
syn-
 Definition
joined together
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-tome
 Definition
instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
 Definition
incision
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trans-
 Definition
across
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tri-
 Definition
three
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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-trophic
-trophy
 Definition
nutrition
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-tropic
 Definition
stimulate
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-tropin
 Definition
that which stimulates
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excessive
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uni-
 Definition
one, single
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-uria
 Definition
urine, urination
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-y
 Definition
state, condition
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