Health Related Terms: Prefixes and Suffixes
| ab- | from, away
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| ad- | toward
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| arthr(o)- | refers to a joint
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| auto- | pertaining to self
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| blepharo- | refers to the eyelid
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| brachy- | short
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| brady- | slow
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| cardio- | relating to the heart
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| -centesis | aspiration
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| cephalo- | refers to the head
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| chondro- | about cartilage
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| chorio- | related to a membrane
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| costo- | relating to the ribs
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| cysto- | about the bladder
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| -cyte | denotes a cell
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| derm- | signifies skin
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| dys- | difficult/painful
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| ecto- | outside, on, without
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -emia | related to blood
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| endo- | within
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| enter(o)- | related to intestines
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| exo- | outside
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| gnath- | related to the jaw
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| hepat- | denotes the liver
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| hemo- | denotes the blood
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| hydro- | denotes water
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| hyper- | excessive, above
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| intra- | within
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| iso- | equal, alike, same
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| -itis | inflammation of
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| leuko- | white
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| lyso- | splitting/destruction
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| mal- | ill or bad
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| meta- | after, behind
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| myco- | refers to fungus
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| -oma | denotes a tumor
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| -osis | denotes a process
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| -osteo | denotes a bone
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| para- | beside, beyond, apart
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| peri- | around
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| -phage, phago | eating or devouring
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| pneumo- | relating to the lungs
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| pyo- | relating to pus
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| rhino- | related to the nose
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| -rrhage | excessive flow
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| -rrhea | flow or discharge
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| septic- | pathogenic organisms
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| supra- | above or over
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| syn- | associated with
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| epi- | denotes on, upon,
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| tachy- | fast
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| toco- | relating to birth
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| -tomy | cutting or incising
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| trans- | across or through
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| -uria | pertaining to urine
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| -vaso | related to a duct |