Hari, Aumkar 1st Period - Unit 1

brady

slow

tachy

fast

macro

large

micro

small

sub

below

supra

above

endo

within

exo

outside

hyper

above/excessive

hypo

below/deficient

hetero

different

homo

same

mono

one

multi

many

pre

before

post

after

a-

without, lack of, not (used before a vowel)

an-

without, lack of, not (used before a consonant)

ad-

toward

ante-

before, in front of

anti

against, opposing

auto-

self, same

bi-

two, double

circum

around

contra

against, opposite

de-

down, away from, removal

deca-

ten

di

two, twice, double

dia-

through, completely, thoroughly

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ecto-

outside

epi

upon, above, on top of, near

eso

inward, inside

eu-

good, normal, well

ex-

out, out from, away

extra-

outside, beyond

hemi-

half, one side

hydro-

water, fluid

in

not, in, into

inter-

between

macro-

large, long

meta

change, beyond

myo

muscle

neo

new

nulli

none

oligo

few, scanty

pan

all, entire

para

beside, near, abnormal

per

through, throughout

peri

around, surrounding

poly

many, expensive

primi

first

pro

before, forward

pseudo

false

quadri

four

re

again, back

retro

backward, behind

semi

half, partial

sym

together, with

syn

together, with

tetra

four

trans

across, through

tri

three

ultra-

beyond, excess

un-

not, reversal

uni

one

-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -atic, -eal, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ine, -ior, -ium, -nic, -ory, -ose, -ous, -tic

pertaining to or relating to

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling, protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cyte

cell

-desis

surgical fixation, binding

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-emia

blood condition, substance in the blood

-gen

substance/agent that produces

-genesis

production, creation, origin

-genic

producing, causing, originating

-gram

record or image produced

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition, state of

-iasis

abnormal condition, presence of

-iatry

field of medicine, medical treatment

-ism

condition, state, process

-ist

specialist, who does a certain job

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist, practitioner

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction, breakdown, loosening

-lytic

destruction, dissolving

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oid

resembling, like

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-osis

abnormal condition, disease process

-ostomy

surgically, creating an opening/mouth