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
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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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