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Word Root
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Prefix
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Suffix
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Compound words
Words with 2 or more word roots.
Combining Form
Word root plus a vowel. (Combines the 2 words)
ab
Away from
a, an
Without
ad
Towards
albin/o
White
ante
Before, in front of
anti
Against
ambi
Both, both sides or around
bi, bis
Two or twice
brady
Slow
chlor/o
Green
contra
Against
crypt
Hidden
cyan/o
Blue
de
Away, take away
dia
Through
di, dis
Two, twice, double
dys
Difficult, painful
ecto
Outer
en, endo
Inside
ento
Inside, within
epi
Upon/above
erythro
Red
eu
Normal
e, ex, exo
Out of, outside
extra
Outside of, beyond
hemi
Half
hydro
Water
hyper
Above
hypo
Below, under
in
Not
in, intra
Within, in
infra
Below, beneath, under
inter
Between
macro
Large
mal
Bad, abnormal
meta
Beyond
micro
Small
mono
One
multi
Many
nulli
None
ortho
Straight, correct
pan
All
para
Beside
per
Through, by means, agency of
peri
Around
poli/o
Gray
poly
Too much, many
post
After
pre
Before, in front of
primi
First
pseudo
False
quad, quadra
Four
re
Back, again
retro
Behind
semi
Half
sub
Under
super
Above
supra
Above
syn
Together, joined
tacky
Rapid, swift
tetra
Four
trans
Across
tri
Three
un
Not
uni
One
xanth/o
Yellow
ABG
Arterial blood gas
a.c.
Before meals
ACLS
Advanced cardiac life support
AD
Right ear
ADL
Activities of daily living
AEC
Automatic exposure
AIDS
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AF
Atrial fibrillation
AK
Above the knee
ALARA
As lows as reasonably achievable
A/P
Anterior posterior
A/V
Arterioventricular
ARDS
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
ARRT
American registry of radiologic technologists
AS
Left ear
ASD
Atrial septal defect
ASHD
Arteriosclerotic heart disease
BCLS
Basic cardiac life support
BE
Barium enema
b.i.d
Twice a day
BK
Below the knee
BMI
Body mass index
BMP
Basic metabolic panel
BP
Blood pressure
BPH
Benign prostatic hyperplasia/hypertrophy
BSA
Body surface area
BUN
Blood urea nitrogen
Bx
Biopsy
c
With