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Paramedic - Medical Terminology
Common prefixes, combining words, and suffixes PLUS --- the language of anatomy
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09/02/2009
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ante-
 Definition
before
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
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bi-
 Definition
two
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
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circum-
 Definition
around
Term
contra-
 Definition
against
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di-
 Definition
double, twice
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dia-
 Definition
through
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dys-
 Definition
disordered
painful, difficult
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ec/ecto-
 Definition
outside
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endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
upon
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eu-
 Definition
good, normal
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exo-
 Definition
away, out from
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extra-
 Definition
outside of
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hyper-
 Definition
above, excess
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hypo-
 Definition
below, deficient
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in-, intra-
 Definition
inside
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inter-
 Definition
between
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macro-
 Definition
large
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micro-
 Definition
small
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mal-
 Definition
bad, disordered
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mono-
 Definition
one, single
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noc-
 Definition
night
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oligo-
 Definition
few, little
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ortho-
 Definition
straight
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pan-
 Definition
all
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para-
 Definition
beside, both sides
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peri-
 Definition
around
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poly-
 Definition
many
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post-
 Definition
after
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pre-
 Definition
before
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pro-
 Definition
in front of before
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pseudo-
 Definition
false
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quadr-
 Definition
four
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retro-
 Definition
behind
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semi-
 Definition
half
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sub-
 Definition
under
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super-, supra-
 Definition
above
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syn-
 Definition
joined together
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tachy-
 Definition
rapid
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trans-
 Definition
across, through
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
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adeno-
 Definition
gland
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angio-
 Definition
tube, blood
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arterio-
 Definition
arteries
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athero-
 Definition
blood vessel
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arthro-
 Definition
joint
Term
bronchio-
 Definition
bronchus
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calc-
 Definition
stone, heel
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cardio-
 Definition
heart
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cephalo-
 Definition
brain
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cerebro-
 Definition
brain
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chole-
 Definition
bile
Term
chondra-
 Definition
cartilage
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cost-
 Definition
rib
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cut-
 Definition
skin
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cyano-
 Definition
blue
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cyst-
 Definition
sac
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cysto-
 Definition
bladder
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cyt/o-
 Definition
cell
Term
digit-
 Definition
finger, toe
Term
dermato-
 Definition
skin
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ede-
 Definition
swell
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entero-
 Definition
gut
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erythro-
 Definition
red
Term
gastro-
 Definition
stomach
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glycol-
 Definition
sugar
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hem/a-
 Definition
blood
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hepato-
 Definition
liver
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hydro-
 Definition
fluid/water
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hystero-
 Definition
uterus
Term
ischi-
 Definition
hip
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leuko-
 Definition
white
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meningo-
 Definition
meninges
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myo-
 Definition
muscle
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nephro-
 Definition
kidney
Term
neuro-
 Definition
nerve
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oculo-
 Definition
eye
Term
ophthalm/opt/o-
 Definition
eye
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orchid-
 Definition
testicle
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oro-
 Definition
mouth
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oss/osteo-
 Definition
bone
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oto-
 Definition
ear
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pariet-
 Definition
wall
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ped-
 Definition
child
Term
pharyngo-
 Definition
throat
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phlebo-
 Definition
vein
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pneumo-
 Definition
air, lung
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pulmo-
 Definition
lung
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pyo-
 Definition
pus
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pyr-
 Definition
febrile, fire
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ren-
 Definition
kidney
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rhin/o-
 Definition
nose
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sclero-
 Definition
hardness
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thora-
 Definition
chest
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tracheo-
 Definition
trachea
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uro-
 Definition
urine, urinary
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vaso-
 Definition
vessel
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-algia
 Definition
pain in
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness in
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-cele
 Definition
hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of
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-emia
 Definition
in the blood
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
sensation
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-genic
 Definition
causing
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-gram
 Definition
picture, record
Term
-graph(y)
 Definition
visualization of
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation of
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-lith
 Definition
stone
Term
-logy
 Definition
science, study of
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-lysis
 Definition
destruction, detachment
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement of
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-oma
 Definition
tumor of
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-osis
 Definition
disease of
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ostomy
 Definition
opening into
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-otomy
 Definition
incision into
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-paresis
 Definition
weakness
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-pathy
 Definition
disease of
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-penia
 Definition
decrease in, deficiency
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-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping, prolapse
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-rhythmia
 Definition
rhythm
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-rrhagia/rrhage
 Definition
excessive flow
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-rrhea
 Definition
profuse flow
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-scopy
 Definition
to examine, see
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing, constriction
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-stomy
 Definition
surgical opening
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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