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Med Terms Pre & Suffixes
prefixes and suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
03/23/2011
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ation
 Definition
a process; being or having
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical excision
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-gram
 Definition
a record or picture
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-ia
 Definition
condition; state; thing
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-iatry
 Definition
medical treatment
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ine
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ion
 Definition
action; condition
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-ism
 Definition
process; disease from a specific cause
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-ist
 Definition
one who specializes in
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation of; infection of
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-ive
 Definition
pertaining to
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-logy
 Definition
the study of
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-lysis
 Definition
process or breaking down or destroying
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-oma
 Definition
tumor; mass
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-osis
 Definition
condition; abnormal condition; process
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-pathy
 Definition
disease; suffering
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used to examine
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-scopy
 Definition
process of using an instrument to examine
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-stomy
 Definition
surgically created opening
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting or making an incision
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a-
 Definition
away from; without
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an-
 Definition
without; not
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anti-
 Definition
against
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bi-
 Definition
two
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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de-
 Definition
reversal of; without
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dys-
 Definition
painful, difficult, abnormal
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endo-
 Definition
innermost; within
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epi-
 Definition
upon; above
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eu-
 Definition
normal; good
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hemi-
 Definition
one half
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hyper-
 Definition
above; more than normal
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hypo-
 Definition
below; deficient
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
within
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mal-
 Definition
bad, inadequate
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mono-
 Definition
one
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peri-
 Definition
around
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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post-
 Definition
after, behind
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pre-
 Definition
before, in front of
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quadri-
 Definition
four
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re-
 Definition
again and again
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sub-
 Definition
below, underneath
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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trans-
 Definition
across, through
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tri-
 Definition
three
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