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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

PREFIXES § § § § a, an anti bi brady contra dys endo epi ex hemi hyper hypo inter § § § intra leuko micro neo peri poly post pre pro semi sub tach

PREFIXES MEANINGS § § § § § brady epi ex hemi leuko neo pro sub tach = = = = = slow upon, over, upper outside of, beyond half white new in front of, forward less, under, below rapid, fast

MEANINGS § a, an § anti § bi § contra § dys § endo § hyper § hypo = = = = without, absent against life opposite, against difficult within above, excessive below, under

MEANINGS § inter § intra § micro § peri § poly § post § pre § semi = = = = between parts within a part small around many after before one-half, part

SUFFIXES: DEFINITIONS § centesis: surgical puncture to § § § remove fluid genetic, genic: origin, producing, creation gram: tracing, picture, record graph: diagram, instrument for recording ic, ac: pertaining to megaly: larger, enlarged

MORE DEFINITIONS § ologist: person who does, § § § studies orrhea: flow, discharge osis: condition, state, process plegia: paralysis sclerosis: dryness, or hardness spasm: involuntary contraction uria: urine

EXAMPLES § algia (myalgia-muscle pain) § centesis (throracentesis-surgical puncture to § § remove fluid from chest) ectomy (tonsillectomy-surgical removal of tonsils) genetic, genic (cytogenic-origin of cells) gram (electrocardiogram-tracing of the electrical activity in the heart) graph (electrocardiograph-instrument for recording electrical activity in the heart)

EXAMPLES § ic, ac (thoracic-pertaining to the chest) § itis (pharyngitis-inflammation of the throat) § lysis (thrombolysis-destruction or dissolving of clots § megaly (cardiomegaly-enlarged heart)

AND MORE EXAMPLES § ologist (radiologist-person who studies § § § radiographs) ology (hematology-study of blood) oma (carcinoma-cancerous tumor) orrhea (rhinorrhea-flow or discharge from the nose) osis (necrosis-condition or process of death) otomy (craniotomy-cutting into the skull)

MORE § path (pathology-study of disease) § phobia (hydrophobia-fear of water) § plasty (chondroplasty-surgical repair of cartilage) § plegia (hemiplegia-paralysis of half of the body)

LAST EXAMPLES § sclerosis (arteriosclerosis-hardness of an artery) § scope (otoscope-instrument for examining the ear) § spasm (myospasm-contraction of muscle) § stasis (homeostasis-maintaining the same constant level) § uria (hematuria-blood in uria)

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