Combining Forms and Prefixes PDF
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This document provides a list of combining forms and prefixes used in medical terminology, along with their meanings. It serves as a reference guide for understanding the components of medical terms.
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COMBINING FORMS and PREFIXES MEANING bio life carcin/o cancer cardi/o heart chem/o chemical cis/o to cut dermat/o skin enter/o small...
COMBINING FORMS and PREFIXES MEANING bio life carcin/o cancer cardi/o heart chem/o chemical cis/o to cut dermat/o skin enter/o small intestine gastr/o stomach gynec/o female hemat/o blood immun/o immunity laryng/o larynx nephr/o kidney neur/o nerve opthalm/o eye ot/o ear path/o disease pulmon/o lung rhin/o nose a/an without anti against auto self brady slow de without dys difficult, abnormal endo inner epi above eu normal ex outward extra outside of hetero different homo same hyper excessive hypo below in not inter between intra within macro large micro small neo new para abnormal per through peri around post after pre before pro before pseudo false re again retro behind sub under tachy across ultra beyond un not bi two hemi half mono one multi many nulli none pan all poly many quady four semi partial tetra four tri s
