Medical Terminology

Prefixes, Roots Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes& Suffixes

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anter

•Front

carcin

•cancer

cry

•Cold

cyan

•blue

cyst

•Fluid filled sac

cyte

•cell

dist• Away (from the point of reference)

erythro

•red

eti

•cause

gluco / glyco

•sugar

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angio

•vessel

arterio

•artery

arthro

•joint

broncho

•bronchus

cardi

•heart

chondr

•cartilage

colo

•colon

costa

•rib

cranio

•skull

denti

•teeth

derma

•skin

encephal

•brain

entero

•intestine

esthesi

•Sensation, sensitivity, feeling

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A-

•Without / no

Ab-

•Away from

Ad-

•towards

An-

•Without / no

Ante-

•before

Anti-

•against

Bi-

•Two

Brady-

•slow

Contra-

•against

Dia-•Through / complete

Dys-

•painful

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-al

•Pertaining to

-algia

•pain

-emia

•Condition of blood

-esthesia

•sensation

-gram

•record

-ic

•Pertaining to

-ist•One who specializes in

-itis•Inflammation of

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gno

•knowledge

hist

•tissue

leuko

•white

lipe

•fat

melan

•black

mortem

•death

oma

•tumor

onc

•Tumor / Mass

oxia

•oxygen

path

•disease

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fibr

•Fibrous tissue

gastro

•stomach

hemo

•blood

hepato

•liver

lapar

•abdomen

mast

•breast

myel

•Spinal cord

myo

•muscle

nephro

•kidney

neuro

•nerve

opthalmo

•eye

os

•mouth

osteo

•bone

oto

•ear

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Electra-•Pertaining to electricity

Epi-

•On, upon, over

Hemi-

•half

Hydro-

•water

Hyper-•Above / excessive

Hypo-•Less than / below

Inter-

•between

Mal-

•Faulty / poor

Men/o-

•menstruation

Meta-•After, beyond, change

Neo-

•new

Oligi-

•few

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-osis

•Condition of

-ous

•Pertaining to

-pathy

•Disease

-penia

•Lack of

-phobia

•Fear / dread

-rrhea

•Flow / discharge

-rrhythmia

•rhythm

-uria

•urine

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phagia

•eat or swallow

pnea

•breathing

poster

•Back / Behind

proxim• Near (the point of reference

rexis

•appetite

sarc

•fleshy

scler

•hard

thrombo

•clot

ventr

•Belly, front

xanth

•yellow

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pharyn

•throat

phlebo

•vein

pneumo

•Air / lungs

renal

•kidney

rhino

•nose

sarc

•Flesh, connective tissue

spir

•Breathe / Breathing

thoraco

•chest

trachea

•Windpipe / trachea

vaso

•vessel

ven

•vein

viscer

•Internal organs

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Para-

•Near / beside

Peri-

•around

Post-

•after

Pre-

•before

Pro-

•before

Pyo-

•pus

Retro-

•behind

Sub-

•below

Syn- / Sym-•Together / Joined

Tachy-

•fast

Uni-

•One

Surgical Surgical PrefixesPrefixes

Surgical Surgical PrefixesPrefixes

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Endo-

•On the inside

Intra-

•within

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-centesis

•puncture

-ectomy

•removal

-ology

•The study of

-oscopy•Look into for a purpose

-ostomy•Formation of an opening for draining

-otomy

•Cutting into

-pexy•Fixation or reattach

-plasty•Building up or restoration

-scope•Instrument for viewing

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