Medical Prefixes and Suffixes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abdomin | abdominal |
| acr | extremities |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat |
| adren | adrenal glands |
| aer | air |
| angi | vessel |
| anter | front, anterior |
| aort | aorta |
| arteri | artery |
| arthr | joints |
| audi | sound |
| bronchi | bronchus |
| calc | calcium |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chondr | cartilage |
| col | colon |
| cost | ribs |
| crani | cranium, skull |
| cutane | skin |
| cyst | bladder |
| dent | teeth |
| dipl | double |
| dors | back |
| enter | intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gingiv | gums |
| gluc | sugar |
| hepat | liver |
| hist | tissue |
| lapar | abdominal |
| latr | side |
| lingu | tounge |
| lith | stone |
| lymph | lymph |
| mening | meninges |
| myel | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nas | nose |
| nephr | kidneys |
| noct | night |
| olig | scanty |
| or | mouth |
| osteo | bone |
| pelv | pelvis |
| pharyng | pharynx (throat) |
| pleur | pleura |
| poster | posterior |
| py | pus |
| rhin | nose |
| tend | tendons |
| thorac | chest |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | cell |
| derm | skin |
| dist | farthest |
| encephal | brain |
| erythr | red |
| gastr | stomach |
| gloss | toungue |
| hema- | blood |
| hidr | sweat |
| hydr | water |
| laryng | larynx (voice box) |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat |
| lumb | lower back |
| melan | black |
| myc | fungus |
| my | muscle |
| necr | death |
| odont | teeth |
| opthalm | eye |
| orth | straight |
| ot | ear |
| phalang | fingers and toes |
| phleb | veins |
| pneum | lung |
| proxim | nearest |
| radi | radiation |
| scler | hardening, white of eye |
| therm | heat |
| thromb | blood clot |
| toxic | poison |
| ur | urine |
| vertebr | vertebra |
| trache | trachea |
| vascul | blood vessel |
| al, ic, ous | pertaining to |
| cele | hernia, swelling |
| cyte | cell |
| ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| edema | swelling |
| emia | blood |
| gram | record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ist | specialist |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| lysis | speration |
| megaly | enlargement |
| opia, opsia | vision |
| pathy | disease |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phasia | speech |
| plasia, plasm | formation |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rhage | bursting forth of |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| scopy | visual examination |
| stasis | standing still |
| stomy | forming a new opening |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tripsy | crushing |
| algia, dynia | pain |
| centesis | surgical procedure |
| derma | skin |
| ectomy | removal |
| emesis | vomitting |
| genesis | producing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| iasis, osis | abnormal condition |
| itis | inflammation of |
| logy | study of |
| malacia | softening |
| oma | tumor |
| penia | decrease |
| phagia | swallow, eat |
| phobia | fear |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| pnea | breathing |
| rrhapy | suture |
| scope | instrument to view |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| therapy | treatment |
| tomy | incision |
| uria | urine |
| a, an | without |
| auto | self |
| bi | two, double |
| dia | through |
| echo | sound |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | excessive, high |
| macro | large |
| neo | new |
| peri | around |
| post | after |
| quadri | four |
| tachy | rapid |
| brady | slow |
| dys | painful, difficult |
| epi | above |
| hypo | under |
| inter | between |
| micro | small |
| para | near, around |
| poly | many |
| pre | before |
| supra | above |
| tri | three |
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