Med. Term. Chap 2 suffixes and prefixes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anti- | against |
| a & an | Without, not, no |
| ante- | before in time or in place |
| centi- | one hundred or one hundredth |
| -cele | hernia |
| contra- | against |
| di- | two |
| diplo- | double |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| dia- | through |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ecto- | out, without, away from |
| epi- | above, on |
| hemi- | half, partly |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| ipsi- | same |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| brady- | slow |
| -lith | stone; calculus |
| -maniac | one who shows excessive preoccupation |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| mal- | bad |
| micro- | small |
| macro- | large or great |
| megalo- | large, enlarged, great |
| medio- | middle |
| endo- | inside |
| nulli- | none |
| primi- | first |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| pre- | before |
| peri- | around |
| Staphyl(o) | grapelike cluster; uvula |
| tox(o) | poision |
| schist(o) | split; cleft |
| semi- | half; partly |
| scler(o) | hard |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| tachy- | fast |
| ACS | American Cancer Society |
| AP | anteroposterior |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| HPF | high-power field |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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