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What does the term 'a-, an' mean?
What does the term 'a-, an' mean?
- Without (correct)
- Before
- Toward
- Against
What does 'ab' refer to?
What does 'ab' refer to?
Away from
What does 'ad' mean?
What does 'ad' mean?
Toward
What does 'ante' mean?
What does 'ante' mean?
What does 'anti' signify?
What does 'anti' signify?
What does 'algia' mean?
What does 'algia' mean?
What does 'brady' refer to?
What does 'brady' refer to?
What does 'bio' signify?
What does 'bio' signify?
What does 'carcinoma' mean?
What does 'carcinoma' mean?
What does 'contra' indicate?
What does 'contra' indicate?
What does 'cyst' refer to?
What does 'cyst' refer to?
What does 'cyte' mean?
What does 'cyte' mean?
What does 'dys' signify?
What does 'dys' signify?
What does 'electra' mean?
What does 'electra' mean?
What does 'emia' signify?
What does 'emia' signify?
What does 'esthesia' mean?
What does 'esthesia' mean?
What does 'erythro' signify?
What does 'erythro' signify?
What does 'gluco, glyco' mean?
What does 'gluco, glyco' mean?
What does 'gram' refer to?
What does 'gram' refer to?
What does 'hydro' signify?
What does 'hydro' signify?
What does 'hyper' mean?
What does 'hyper' mean?
What does 'hypo' indicate?
What does 'hypo' indicate?
What does 'hemi' mean?
What does 'hemi' mean?
What does 'ic' indicate?
What does 'ic' indicate?
What does 'inter' refer to?
What does 'inter' refer to?
What does 'ist' mean?
What does 'ist' mean?
What does 'itis' signify?
What does 'itis' signify?
What does 'leuko' mean?
What does 'leuko' mean?
What does 'lipe' refer to?
What does 'lipe' refer to?
What does 'mal' indicate?
What does 'mal' indicate?
What does 'men/o' mean?
What does 'men/o' mean?
What does 'mortem' signify?
What does 'mortem' signify?
What does 'neo' mean?
What does 'neo' mean?
What does 'oligi' indicate?
What does 'oligi' indicate?
What does 'oma' refer to?
What does 'oma' refer to?
What does 'orexis' signify?
What does 'orexis' signify?
What does 'osis' mean?
What does 'osis' mean?
What does 'oxia' mean?
What does 'oxia' mean?
What does 'pan' indicate?
What does 'pan' indicate?
What does 'para' refer to?
What does 'para' refer to?
What does 'penia' mean?
What does 'penia' mean?
What does 'peri' refer to?
What does 'peri' refer to?
What does 'parotid' mean?
What does 'parotid' mean?
What does 'phagia' signify?
What does 'phagia' signify?
What does 'phobia' mean?
What does 'phobia' mean?
What does 'pnea' indicate?
What does 'pnea' indicate?
What does 'post' mean?
What does 'post' mean?
What does 'pyo' refer to?
What does 'pyo' refer to?
What does 'retro' mean?
What does 'retro' mean?
What does 'rrhea' signify?
What does 'rrhea' signify?
What does 'rrhythmia' mean?
What does 'rrhythmia' mean?
What does 'sarcoma' mean?
What does 'sarcoma' mean?
What does 'scler' signify?
What does 'scler' signify?
What does 'sub' refer to?
What does 'sub' refer to?
What does 'tachy' mean?
What does 'tachy' mean?
What does 'thrombo' signify?
What does 'thrombo' signify?
What does 'uria' mean?
What does 'uria' mean?
What does 'aden' refer to?
What does 'aden' refer to?
What does 'angio' mean?
What does 'angio' mean?
What does 'arterio' signify?
What does 'arterio' signify?
What does 'arthro' mean?
What does 'arthro' mean?
What does 'broncho' refer to?
What does 'broncho' refer to?
What does 'cardi' mean?
What does 'cardi' mean?
What does 'cranio' signify?
What does 'cranio' signify?
What does 'colo' refer to?
What does 'colo' refer to?
What does 'cholecyst' mean?
What does 'cholecyst' mean?
What does 'chondr' indicate?
What does 'chondr' indicate?
What does 'costa' mean?
What does 'costa' mean?
What does 'cysto' signify?
What does 'cysto' signify?
What does 'denti' mean?
What does 'denti' mean?
What does 'derma' indicate?
What does 'derma' indicate?
What does 'encephal' mean?
What does 'encephal' mean?
What does 'entero' refer to?
What does 'entero' refer to?
What does 'gastro' signify?
What does 'gastro' signify?
What does 'glosso' mean?
What does 'glosso' mean?
What does 'hemo' indicate?
What does 'hemo' indicate?
What does 'hepato' mean?
What does 'hepato' mean?
What does 'hystero' signify?
What does 'hystero' signify?
What does 'lapara' mean?
What does 'lapara' mean?
What does 'masto' refer to?
What does 'masto' refer to?
What does 'myelo' mean?
What does 'myelo' mean?
What does 'myo' signify?
What does 'myo' signify?
What does 'nephro' mean?
What does 'nephro' mean?
What does 'neuro' refer to?
What does 'neuro' refer to?
What does 'os' mean?
What does 'os' mean?
What does 'opthalmo' signify?
What does 'opthalmo' signify?
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Study Notes
Prefixes and Suffixes in Medical Terminology
- a-, an: Denotes absence or "without"
- ab: Indicates movement away from
- ad: Refers to movement toward
- ante: Means "before" in time or position
- anti: Suggests opposition or "against"
- algia: Pertains to pain
- brady: Signifies slow
- bio: Relates to life
Tumors and Conditions
- carcinoma: A malignant tumor
- contra: Indicates opposition or "against"
- cyst: A fluid-filled sac
- cyte: Refers to a cell
- dys: Indicates something painful or difficult
- emia: Pertaining to a condition involving blood
- esthesia: Relates to sensation
- erythro: Means red
Elements of Health and Disease
- gluco, glyco: Refers to sugar
- gram: Represents a record or written document
- hydro: Indicates water
- hyper: Signifies above or excessive
- hypo: Means less than or below normal
- hemi: Indicates half
- ic: Pertains to or is related to
- inter: Signifies between
Specialized Terms and Inflammation
- ist: Refers to one who specializes in a certain field
- itis: Indicates inflammation
- leuko: Means white
- lipe: Relates to fat
- mal: Indicates something faulty or poor
Reproductive and Death Terms
- men/o: Pertains to menstruation
- mortem: Relates to death
- neo: Indicates something new
- oligi: Means less than normal
- oma: Refers to a tumor
- orexis: Refers to appetite
Respiratory and Digestive Terms
- osis: Indicates a condition
- oxia: Refers to oxygen
- pan: Means all
- para: Indicates near or beside
- penia: Refers to a lack of something
- peri: Means around
Anatomical Terms
- parotid: Refers to the area near the ear
- phagia: Relates to eating or swallowing
- phobia: Indicates fear or dread
- pnea: Signifies breathing
- post: Refers to after
- pyo: Pertains to pus
Other Relevant Terms
- retro: Means behind
- rrhea: Indicates flow or discharge
- rrhythmia: Refers to rhythm
- sarcoma: A type of flesh tumor
- scler: Relates to hardness
- sub: Means below
- tachy: Indicates fast
- thrombo: Refers to clotting
- uria: Pertains to urine
Organs and Body Systems
- aden: Refers to a gland
- angio: Relates to a vessel
- arterio: Means artery
- arthro: Refers to a joint
- broncho: Pertains to the bronchus
- cardi: Relates to the heart
- cranio: Refers to the skull
- colo: Relates to the colon
- cholecyst: Indicates gallbladder
- chondr: Refers to cartilage
- costa: Means rib
- cysto: Pertains to bladder
- denti: Relates to teeth
- derma: Refers to skin
- encephal: Indicates brain
- entero: Relates to the intestine
- gastro: Refers to the stomach
- glosso: Relates to the tongue
- hemo: Means blood
- hepato: Refers to the liver
- hystero: Relates to the uterus
- lapara: Pertains to the abdomen
- masto: Refers to the breast
- myelo: Relates to the spinal cord
- myo: Means muscle
- nephro: Refers to the kidney
- neuro: Relates to the nerve
- os: Means mouth
- opthalmo: Refers to the eye
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