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Medical Terminology
Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
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04/25/2014
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Term
adip
 Definition
fat
Term
aer
 Definition
air
Term
angi
 Definition
vessel
Term
arteri
 Definition
artery
Term
arthr
 Definition
joint
Term
bili
 Definition
bile
Term
bucc
 Definition
cheek
Term
carcin
 Definition
cancer
Term
cardi
 Definition
heart
Term
cephal
 Definition
head
Term
chondr
 Definition
cartilage
Term
coron
 Definition
crown, circle
Term
cyan
 Definition
blue
Term
crin
 Definition
to secrete
Term
cry
 Definition
cold
Term
cutane
 Definition
skin
Term
cyst
 Definition
bladder
Term
cyt
 Definition
cell
Term
derm, dermat
 Definition
skin
Term
encephal
 Definition
brain
Term
enter
 Definition
intestines
Term
erythr
 Definition
red
Term
estr
 Definition
female
Term
gastr
 Definition
stomach
Term
gluc, glyc
 Definition
sugar, glucose
Term
hem, hemat
 Definition
blood
Term
hepat
 Definition
liver
Term
hist
 Definition
tissue
Term
kerat
 Definition
hard, cornea
Term
leuk
 Definition
white
Term
lip
 Definition
fat
Term
melan
 Definition
black
Term
morph
 Definition
form
Term
my
 Definition
muscle
Term
nat
 Definition
birth
Term
necr
 Definition
death
Term
nephr
 Definition
kidney
Term
neur
 Definition
nerve
Term
onc
 Definition
tumor
Term
osteo
 Definition
bone
Term
path
 Definition
disease
Term
ped
 Definition
child
Term
phag
 Definition
eat, swallow
Term
phleb
 Definition
vein
Term
pneum
 Definition
air, lung
Term
pulmon
 Definition
lung
Term
ren
 Definition
kidney
Term
scler
 Definition
hard
Term
thorac
 Definition
chest
Term
tox
 Definition
poison
Term
vas
 Definition
vessel
Term
ven
 Definition
vein
Term
viscer
 Definition
organ
Term
a-, an-, ar-
 Definition
without
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
ana-
 Definition
again, upward, back
Term
aniso-
 Definition
unequal
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
cata-
 Definition
down
Term
cyan-
 Definition
blue
Term
dia-
 Definition
across, through
Term
dys-
 Definition
difficult
Term
endo-
 Definition
in, within
Term
epi-
 Definition
on, over, upon
Term
exo-
 Definition
outside
Term
hetero-
 Definition
different
Term
homo-, homeo-
 Definition
same
Term
hyper-
 Definition
too much, high
Term
hypo-
 Definition
low, under
Term
intra-
 Definition
within
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal, same
Term
macro-
 Definition
large, long
Term
mal-
 Definition
poor
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
mono-
 Definition
one
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
post-
 Definition
after
Term
pre-
 Definition
before
Term
per-
 Definition
through
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
sub-
 Definition
below, under
Term
tachy-
 Definition
rapid
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -tic, -ous
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove a fluid
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-gram
 Definition
recording, writing
Term
-ia
 Definition
state or condition
Term
-ism
 Definition
state of
Term
-ist
 Definition
one who specializes in
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-ium
 Definition
structure, tissue
Term
-rhage
 Definition
bursting forth
Term
-logist
 Definition
specialist in the study of
Term
-logy
 Definition
study of
Term
-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument that measures or counts
Term
-ole
 Definition
small
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition
Term
-oxia
 Definition
oxygen level
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
excess, abnormal flow
Term
-spasm
 Definition
twitch, involuntary muscle movement
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling, standing
Term
-tomy
 Definition
cutting, incision
Term
-ule
 Definition
small
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