medical terms- prefix and suffixes
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Word root
•The main part of a word which contains the basic meaning.
Prefix
•Word parts attached to the beginning of a word that modifies the meaning.
Suffix
•Word parts attached to the end of a word that modifies the meaning.
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Word root Meaning aer (o)
athero
bacill (i)
bar (o) pressure
bacilli; bacteria
plaque; fatty substance
air; gas
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Word root Meaning
blasto
carcin(o)
chrondro
cry(o)
cyan(o)
immature cells
cancer
cartilage
cold
blue
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Word root Meaning
lact(o)
leuk(o)
lith(o)
mio
narco
necro
milk
white
stone
smaller; less
sleep; numbness
death; dying
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Word root Meaningpyro
salping(o)
scler(o)
scolio
somato
spiro
fever
tube
hardening
bend
body
breath; breathe
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Prefixes
•Prefixes are attached to the beginning of words.
•Modifies the meaning of the word or word root.
PrefixWord Root
Suffix
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Prefix Meaning
brady
contra
dys
hemi
hyper
hypo
slow
against
abnormal; difficult
half
above normal
below normal
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Prefix Meaning
inter
iso
mal
micr(o)
olig(o)
peri
between
equal; same
inadequate
small
few; little; scanty
around; about; near
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Prefix Meaning
pro
re
retro
semi
supra
tachy
un
before; forward
again; backward
behind; backward
half
above; over
fast
not
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•Attaches to the end of the word and carries the underlying meaning of the word.
PrefixWord Root
Suffix
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Suffix Meaning
-algia
-asthenia
-cidal
-clast
-crine
pain
breaking
weakness
destroying; killing
secreting
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Suffix Meaning
-ism
-itis
-kinesia
-lysis
-malacia
condition; disease
inflammation
movement
destruction of
softening
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Suffix Meaning
-phylaxis
-plasty
-plegia
-pnea
-rrhagia
protection
surgical repair
paralysis
breath
heavy discharge
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