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Essentials of Maternal-Infant Care
Medical Terminology
with Gloria Lemay
WORD CONSTRUCTION
Prefixes
Root Words
SUFFIXES
a, an (negative, not, absent, w/out)
cardio (heart)
-algia (pain)
ante (before)
cephalo (head)
-cele (hernia, tumor, cyst)
anti (against)
colp/o (vagina)
-cyte (cell)
amni/o (amnion)
cyan/o (blue)
-dynia (pain, swelling)
bi (both, two)
cyst/o (bladder or sac)
-(a)emia (blood)
brady (slow)
encephal/o (brain)
-ethesia (feeling, sensation)
contra (against, opposed)
gyn (woman)
-emesis (vomiting)
dys (difficult; painful)
hema (blood)
-gen (producing, beginning)
en (in)
hepa or hepat/o (liver)
-itis (inflammation)
endo (within)
hyster/o (uterus)
-logy (science of)
hem/o (blood)
lapar/o (abdomen)
-oma (tumour, swelling, growth)
hemi (half)
leuk/o (white)
-osis (abnormal condition)
hydro (water)
mast/o (breast)
-ostomy (opening, forming)
hyper (above, excessive)
mamm/o (breast)
-otomy (cutting into)
hypo (below, deficient)
meter/o (uterus)
-pathy (disease)
inter (between)
oophor/o (ovary)
-penia (lack)
intra (within)
pub/o (pubis)
-pnea (breathing)
macro (large)
salping/o (uterine tubes)
-rrhage (burst forth)
micro (small)
vas/o (vessel)
-rrhea (discharge)
mal (bad or poor)
-scopy (see)
olig/o (few)
os (mouth or opening)
peri (around)
poly (much, many)
post (after)
supra (above, greater)
tach/y (fast)
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