Medical Terminology Prefixes And Suffixes Flashcards
a…
lacking
ab…
from
ad…
to
…anemia
blood
amnios
amniotic fluid
ante
against/before
bi…
indicating two
brady…
slow
cardia (o)
to do with the heart
…cele
swelling
cerebro…
brain
chole…
bile
…cyte
cell
…derma
skin
di…
two / double
dia…
across
…dura…
hard
dys…
badly functioning
ecto…
outer
…ectomy
cut out
…emesis
vomiting
endo…
inner
entero…
bowels
epi…
upon
erythro…
red
eu…
normally functioning
…exia
to hold or to have
gastro…
stomach
haem…
blood
hemi
half
hx
history
hydro
Water
hyper
above/high
hypo
below/low
inter…
between
intra…
within
…itis
inflammation
lact
milk
leuko….
white
loco…
place
…lysis
breakdown
macro…
large
mega…
large
mening/o…
meninges
meso…
middle
micro…
small
mono…
one
…morph
form
myo…
muscle
myco….
fungus
necro…
death
nephro…
kidney
neuro…
nerve
…ology
study of
…oma
tumour
…opia
sight
ortho…
upright
…osis
disease, abnormal state
osteo…
bone
ox….
involving oxygen
pan…
whole
para…
beside
…paresis
incomplete or partial paralysis
…path…
suffering, sick
per…
through
peri…
around
…phobia
fear
photo…
light
pneum…
air
pnoea…
breathing
poly…
many
pseudo…
false
…ptysis
spitting
pyo…
pus
pyr…
fever
retro…
behind
…scope
viewer
spondyl…
spine
…stasis
stoppage
…stomy
making an opening
syn…
together
tachy…
fast
…tension
pressure
…therma
heat
…tomy
cutting
…tox…
poison
tri…
three
ultra…
beyond
…urea
condition of urine
