Medical Terminology

Question 1

What is a prefix?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is a suffix?

Answer 2

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

Question 2

For medical terms what does the prefix usually determine?

Answer 2

Location,time, or number

Question 3

For medical terms what does a suffix usually determine?

Answer 3

Condition/debase procedure or treatment

Question 4

Alveol

Answer 4

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 or 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 intestines

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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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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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Connected 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 or 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 or within

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Epi-

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On or Over or Opon

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Hyper-

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Above or Excessive

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Hypo-

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Below or Deficient

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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Within or Into

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Peri-

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Around or Surrounding

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Sub-

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Below or 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 or Excess

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Pertaning 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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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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The study of

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-Oma

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Tumor or 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