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Medical Terminology
Medical prefixes suffixes
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09/11/2019
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Term
a
 Definition
without
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ab
 Definition
away from
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ad
 Definition
toward
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ambi
 Definition
both
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an
 Definition
not
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ana
 Definition
up
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ante
 Definition
before, in front
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anti
 Definition
against
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auto
 Definition
self
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bi
 Definition
two
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brady
 Definition
slow
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cata
 Definition
down
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circum
 Definition
around
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co
 Definition
with,together
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con
 Definition
with,together
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contra
 Definition
against
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de
 Definition
from,lack
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dia
 Definition
through,across
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diplo
 Definition
double, two fold
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dis
 Definition
to free or undo
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dys
 Definition
bad,painful,difficult,abnormal
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ec
 Definition
out,out from
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ecto
 Definition
outside
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em
 Definition
in
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endo
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in,within
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enter
 Definition
intestine
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epi
 Definition
above,upon
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eu
 Definition
good,normal
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ex
 Definition
out,away from
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exo
 Definition
outside
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extra
 Definition
outside
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gastro
 Definition
stomach
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hemi
 Definition
one half
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hetero
 Definition
different
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homo
 Definition
same
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hyper
 Definition
excessive,above normal
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hypo
 Definition
under,below normal
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im
 Definition
not
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in
 Definition
in,not
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infra
 Definition
under,below
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inter
 Definition
between
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intra
 Definition
in,within
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macro
 Definition
large
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mal
 Definition
bad
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medi
 Definition
middle
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mesa
 Definition
middle
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meta
 Definition
beyond,change
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micro
 Definition
small
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multi
 Definition
many,much
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neo
 Definition
new
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osteo
 Definition
bone
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pan
 Definition
all
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para
 Definition
near,beside,beyond
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per
 Definition
through,by
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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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primi
 Definition
first
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pro
 Definition
before,in front of
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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quadri
 Definition
four
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re
 Definition
back
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retro
 Definition
backward,behind
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scler
 Definition
hardening
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semi
 Definition
one half
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sub
 Definition
under,below
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super
 Definition
above,excessive
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supra
 Definition
above,excessive
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sym
 Definition
together
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syn
 Definition
union,together,joined
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tachy
 Definition
rapid
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therm
 Definition
heat
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trans
 Definition
through,across
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tri
 Definition
three
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ultra
 Definition
beyond,excess
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uni
 Definition
one
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ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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al
 Definition
pertaining to
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algia
 Definition
painful condition,pain
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ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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blast
 Definition
embryonic
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cele
 Definition
hernia,swelling,sac
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centesis
 Definition
puncture of a cavity
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clasis
 Definition
break,fracture
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clysis
 Definition
irrigation,washing
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coccus
 Definition
berry shapped
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crit
 Definition
to seperate
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cyte
 Definition
cell
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desis
 Definition
fusion,binding,fixation
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dynia
 Definition
pain
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ectasis
 Definition
expansion,dilation
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ectomy
 Definition
excision,removal of body part
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emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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emia
 Definition
blood
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er
 Definition
one who
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gen
 Definition
forming,producing,origin
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genesis
 Definition
forming,producing,origin
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genic
 Definition
origin,formation
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grade
 Definition
to go
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gram
 Definition
the record made,mark
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graph
 Definition
instrument for recording,machine
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graphy
 Definition
the process,process of recording
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ia
 Definition
condition
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iasis
 Definition
morbid condition
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iatry
 Definition
treatment,medicine
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ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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icle
 Definition
small,minute
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ism
 Definition
condition
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ist
 Definition
one who specializes in,specialist
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itis
 Definition
inflammation
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lith
 Definition
stone,calculus
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logist
 Definition
specialist in the study of
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logy
 Definition
process of study
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lysis
 Definition
dissolution,setting free
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malacia
 Definition
sofetning,soft
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megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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metry
 Definition
act of measuring
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