Prefixes and Suffixes- Medical Terminology
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a-
Without, not
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acantho-
Spiny, thorny
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af-
Toward
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an-
Without, not
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ante-
Before
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anti-
Against; resisting
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auto-
Self
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bi-
Two; double
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blast-
Immature cell, embryonic
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circum-
Around
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co-, con-
With; together
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contra-
Against
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crine-
Secrete, separate
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de-
Down from, undoing
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dia-
Across; through
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dipl-
Twofold, double
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dys-
Bad; disordered; difficult
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ecto-
Displaced, outside
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ef-
Away from
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em-, en-
In, into
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endo-
Within
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epi-
Upon, above
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eu-
Good
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ex-, exo-
Out of, out from
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extra-
Outside of
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hapl-
Single
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hem-, hemat-
Blood
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hemi-
Half
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hom(e)o-
Same; equal
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hyper-
Over; above
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hypo-
Under; below
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infra-
Below, beneath
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inter-
Between
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intra-
Within
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iso-
Same, equal
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juxta-
Near
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macro-
Large
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mega-
Large; million(th)
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mes-
Middle
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meta-
Beyond, change, after
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micro-
Small; millionth
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milli-
Thousandth
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mono-
One (single)
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necro-
Death
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neo-
New
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non-
Not
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oligo-
Few, scanty
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ortho-
Straight; correct, normal
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para-
By the side of; near
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per-
Through
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peri-
Around; surrounding
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poly-
Many
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post-
After
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pre-
Before
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pro-
First; promoting
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quadri-
Four
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re-
Back again
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retro-
Behind
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semi-
Half
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sub-
Under
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super-, supra-
Over, above, excessive
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trans-
Across; through
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tri-
Three; triple
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Suffix
Meaning
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-al, -ac
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pain
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-aps, -apt
Fit; fasten
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-arche
Beginning; origin
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-ase
Signifies an enzyme
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-blast
Sprout; make
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-centesis
A piercing
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-cide
To kill
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-clast
Break; destroy
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-crine
Release; secrete
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-cytosis
Increase in number
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-ectomy
A cutting out
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-emesis
Vomiting
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-emia
Refers to blood condition
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-flux
Flow
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-gen
Creates; forms
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-genesis
Creation, production
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-gram
Something written
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-graph(y)
To write, draw
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-hydrate
Containing H2O (water)
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-ia, -sia
Condition; process
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-iasis
Abnormal condition
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-ic, -ac
Pertaining to
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-in
Signifies a protein
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-ism
Signifies "condition of"
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-itis
Signifies "inflammation of"
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-lemma
Sheath, covering
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-lepsy
Seizure
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-lith
Stone; rock
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-logy
Study of
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-lunar
Moon; moonlike
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-malacia
Softening
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-megaly
Enlargement
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-metric, -metry
Measurement, length
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-oid
Like; in the shape of
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-oma
Tumor