Medical Terminology

Question 1

What is a prefix?

Answer 1

A single letter or group of letters attached to the front of a root word.

Question 2

what is a suffix?

Answer 2

A single letter or group of letters attached to the end of a root word.

Question 3

For medical terms, what does the prefix usually determine?

Answer 3

Location, time, or number

Question 4

For medical terms, what does a suffix usually determine

Answer 4

Condition/disease, procedure or treatment

Question 5

Alveol

Answer 5

Air sac

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Arthr

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Joint

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Aur

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Ear

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Bi

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Life

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Cardi

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Heart

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Caud

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Tail

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Cephal

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Head

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Cervic

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Neck

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Col/Colon

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Large Intestine

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Cost

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rib

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Cutane

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Skin

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Enter

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Small Intestine

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Gastr

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Stomach

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Glyc

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Sugar

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Hem

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Blood

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Lip

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Fat

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Hepat

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Liver

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Log

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Study

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My

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muscle

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Nas

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nose

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Nephr

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Kidney

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Neur

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Nerve

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Or

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Mouth

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Oste

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Bone

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Path

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root Disease

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Pulmon

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Lung

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Rhin

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Nose

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Sarc

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Connective tissue

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Thorac

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Chest

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Uter

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Uterus

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A- or an-

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Not/without

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Ante-

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before

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Anti-

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against

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Bi-

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two

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Brady-

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slow

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Endo-

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in/within

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Epi-

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on/over/upon

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Hyper-

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above/excessive

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Hypo-

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below/deficient

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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within/into

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Peri-

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around/surrounding

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Sub-

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below/under

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Supra-

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Above

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Trans-

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Across

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Ultra-

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Beyond/excess

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-cyte

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Cell

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–ectomy

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surgical removal

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-emia

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blood condition

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-ia

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condition

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-ine

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a substance(noun) or pertaining to (adjective)

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

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specialist(one who studies)

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-logy

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study of

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor/mass

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-stomy

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surgical opening

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-um

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structure