level: MedTerm Chapter 1: Prefix
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Includes, introduction of Medical Terminologies and prefixes
level questions: MedTerm Chapter 1: Prefix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A short word part added BEFORE a root to modify its meaning. | Prefixes |
| A short word part added at the END of a root to modify its meaning | Suffixes |
| The basic/fundamental unit of each medical word and gives essential and meaning of the term. | Roots/Root word |
| It connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots | Combining form |
| Also known as the general common prefixes, suffices, root words, and the linking vowel. | word parts |
| brady- | slow |
| prim/i- | first |
| mon/o- | single; one |
| uni- | one |
| hemi- | one side; half |
| semi- | partial; half |
| bi- | two, twice |
| di- | two; twice |
| dipl/o- | double |
| tri- | three |
| quadr-/a/i- | four |
| tetra- | four |
| multi- | many |
| poly- | excessive |
| tachy- | fast |
| nulli- | none |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| erythr/o- | red |
| leuk/o- | white; colorless |
| melan/o- | black; dark |
| xanth/o- | yellow |
| chlor/o- ; chloros | green |
| cirrhos- | orange-yellow |
| lutein | saffron yellow |
| poli/o- | gray |
| xero- | dry |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| a-, an- | without; not |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | opposite; against |
| de- | down, without |
| dis- | absence, removal |
| dys- | difficulty |
| in-*, im- | not |
| non- | not |
| un- | not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | near; toward |
| ambi-/ ampho- | both |
| amphi- | on both sides; double |
| ana- | up, toward |
| antero- | front |
| dia- | through, across |
| ecto-/ exo- | outer, outside |
| endo-/ ento- | within; inner |
| epi- | upon, over |
| infra- | beneath; below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meso- | middle |
| per- | through |
| trans- | through |
| hyper- | increased, abnormally high, over, excess |
| hypo- | decreased, below normal, under, lacking |
| olig/o- | few, scanty |
| pan- | all, entire |
| supra- | above (usually used to pertain for structure) |
| super- | excess |
| ultra- | beyond; excess |
| auto- | self |
| Equi- | equal, same |
| Eu- | normal, good; easy |
| Hetero- | different, other, unequal |
| Homo- | same, unchanging |
| iso- | equal, same |
| macro- | large, abnormally large |
| megaly-, magalo- | large; abnormally large |
| micro- | small |
| Normo- | Normal |
| ortho- | straight, correct, upright |
| poikilo- | varied, irregular |
| pseudo- | false |
| Re- | again; back |
| ante- | before |
| dextr/o- | right |
| ec-, ecto | out, outside |
| ex/o- | away from; outside |
| end/o- | in, within |
| latero- | to the side |
| levo- | left |
| medio- | middle |
| mes/o- | middle |
| neo- | new, recent |
| para- | beside; after |
| peri- | around |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| post- | after; behind |
| postero- | behind |
| retro- | backward; behind |
| sinistr/o- | left |
| sub- | under; beneath |
| syn-, sym- | together |
| aero- | air |
| andro- | man |
| bio- | life |
| gluc-/gluco | sugar |
| glyc-/glyco | sugar |
| gyne- | woman |
| hydro- | water |
| lipo- | fat |
| mal- | bad |
| necro- | death |
| noct- | night |
| pyo- | pus |
| tele-; tel | end, faraway, at distance |
| cryo-/ cry- | cold or freeze |
| myco- | Fungus |