1.2 Prefix+Suffix Medical term

Created by Brady Rusk

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pertaining to Cardiac

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TermDefinition
-ac
pertaining to Cardiac
-al
pertaining to intestinal
-ar
pertaining to muscular
-ary
pertaining to urinary
-ic
pertaining to pelvic
-ine
pertaining to uterine
-ive
pertaining to digestive
-ous
pertaining to venous
-ation
being, having, process urination
-ion
action, condition digestion
-ia
condition, state, thing pneumonia
-ism
disease from a specific cause, process hypothyroidism
-itis
infection of, inflammation of
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
mass, tumor
-osis
abnormal condition, process
-pathy
disease
-ectomy
surgical removal Vasectomy
-gram
picture, record
-graphy
process of recording
-metry
process of measuring
-scope
instrument used to examine
-scopy
process of using an instrument to examine
-tomy
process of making an incision
-iatry
medical treatment
-ics
knowledge, practice
-ist
people who specialize in, thing that specializes in
-logy
study of
epi-
above, upon
inter-
between
intra-
within
peri-
around
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
sub-
below, underneath, less than
trans-
across, through
bi-
two
Brady-
slow
hemi-
one half
hyper-
above, more than normal
hypo-
below, deficient
poly-
many, much
quadri-
four
tachy-
fast
tri-
three
an-
not, without
anti-
against
dys-
abnormal, difficult, painful
re-
again and again, backward, unable to