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Medical Prefixes,Suffixes,
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Health Care
Undergraduate 2
04/07/2009
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Term
a-
 Definition
Without
Term
ab
 Definition
away from
Term
abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen or pertaining to
Term
acous/o
 Definition
Hearing
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremity or topmost
Term
bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
Term
brady
 Definition
slow
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
Erythr/o
 Definition
Red
Term
Purpur/o
 Definition
Purple
Term
Melan/o
 Definition
Black
Term
Xanth/o
 Definition
Yellow
Term
Leuk/o
 Definition
White
Term
dys
 Definition
Painful or difficult
Term
Bio
 Definition
Life
Term
Hemi
 Definition
Half
Term
Hyper
 Definition
Above or Excessive
Term
Orth/o
 Definition
straight, Normal or correct
Term
My/o
 Definition
Muscle
Term
Lith/o
 Definition
Stone or calculus
Term
Hypo
 Definition
below or deficient
Term
Lip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
Megaly
 Definition
Enlargement
Term
Nephr/o
 Definition
Kidney
Term
Oste/o
 Definition
bone
Term
Peri
 Definition
around
Term
Phleb/o
 Definition
vein
Term
Scler/o
 Definition
hard or sclera
Term
tachy
 Definition
fast
Term
trache/o
 Definition
treachea (windpipe)
Term
anti-,contra-
 Definition
against or opposed to
Term
dia-,trans
 Definition
across or through
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
sub,infra-
 Definition
below or under
Term
bi-
 Definition
two or both
Term
ad-
 Definition
to, toward, or near
Term
macro-
 Definition
large or long
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
Term
poly, multi-
 Definition
many
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
post
 Definition
after or behind
Term
eu-
 Definition
good or normal
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
vascul/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-lysis
 Definition
breaking down or dissolution
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-penia
 Definition
abnormal reduction
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
discharge
Term
-cele
 Definition
pouching or hernia
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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