Medical Terminology Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
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The Latin root 'A-' means __________.
not
The Latin root 'Ab-' means __________.
away
The Latin root 'Ad-' means __________.
toward
The Latin root 'Adip-' means __________.
fat
The Latin root 'Anti-' means __________.
against
The Latin root 'Arthr-' means __________.
Joint
The Latin root 'Auto-' means __________.
Self
The Latin root 'Axill-' means __________.
armpit
The Latin root 'Bi-' means __________.
two
The Latin root 'Cardi-' means __________.
heart
The Latin root 'Cepha-' means __________.
head
The Latin root 'Cerebr-' means __________.
Brain
The Latin root 'Chond-' means __________.
Cartilage
The suffix '-Cide' means __________.
Kill
The prefix 'Circum-' means __________.
around a circle
The suffix '-Cyte' means __________.
cell
The Latin root 'Derm-' means __________.
Skin
The Latin root 'Digit-' means __________.
finger
The prefix 'Dys-' means __________.
difficulty
The prefix 'Ecto- or Exo-' means __________.
outside
The suffix '-Ectomy' means __________.
removal
The prefix 'Endo-' means __________.
inside
The Latin root 'Entero-' means __________.
intestines
The Latin root 'Erythr-' means __________.
red
The term 'Foramen' means __________.
hole
The Latin root 'Gastro-' means __________.
Stomach
The Latin root 'Gen-' means __________.
Produce
The Latin root 'Gloss-' means __________.
tongue
The suffix '-Graph' means __________.
recording
The Latin root 'Hema-' means __________.
blood
The Latin root 'Hepa-' means __________.
liver
The prefix 'Hyper-' means __________.
extreme
The prefix 'Hypo-' means __________.
low
The prefix 'Infra-' means __________.
below
The prefix 'Inter-' means __________.
between
The suffix '-Itis' means __________.
Swelling of
The Latin root 'Labi-' means __________.
lip
The Latin root 'Lacrim-' means __________.
tear
The Latin root 'Lact-' means __________.
milk
The Latin roots 'Leuk- or Alb-' mean __________.
white
The prefix 'Macro-' means __________.
large
The prefix 'Megalo-' means __________.
enlargement
The Latin root 'Mela-' means __________.
black
The prefix 'Meta-' means __________.
beyond
The prefix 'Micro-' means __________.
Small
The Latin root 'Myo-' means __________.
muscle
The Latin root 'Nas-' means __________.
nose
The Latin root 'Necr-' means __________.
death
The Latin root 'Neur-' means __________.
nerve
The Latin root 'Ocul-' means __________.
eye
The suffix '-Ology' means __________.
the Study of
The suffix '-Oma' means __________.
tumor
The root 'Oo-/Ovi-' means __________.
egg
The suffix '-Opsy' means __________.
examination of
The Latin root 'Or(o)-' means __________.
mouth
The suffix '-Osis' means __________.
disease
The Latin root 'Oste-/Os-' means __________.
bone
The Latin root 'Papill-' means __________.
nipple
The suffix '-Paresis' means __________.
Slight Paralysis
The Latin root 'Path-' means __________.
disease
The Latin root 'Pector-' means __________.
chest
The prefix 'Peri-' means __________.
around
The term -phage means
to eat
The term -phile means
Lover
The term -pod/-ped means
Foot
The term -poeisis means
Production of
The term -post means
After
The term -pre means
Before
The term -psych means
Mind
The term -ptery means
Wing
The term -pulmon means
Lungs
The term -pyr means
Fire
The term -quad means
Four
The term -re means
Backwards
The term -rect means
Straight
The term -ren means
Kidney
The term -scler means
Hardening
The term -scoli means
Twisting
The term -scopy means
Using a camera to view
The term -sep means
Wall
The term -semi means
Partially
The term -stalsis means
Contraction
The term -stomy means
Medically created hole
The term -strat means
Layers
The term -sub means
Below
The term -super/-supra means
Above
The term -therm means
Heat
The term -thromb means
Clot
The term -trans means
Across
The term -tri means
Three
The term -trich means
Hair
The term -trophy means
Nourish
The term -vas means
Tubes