Medical Prefixes and Suffixes: A Comprehensive List, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

Download Medical Prefixes and Suffixes: A Comprehensive List and more Quizzes Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 agglutin/o DEFINITION 1 WR: clumping, gluing TERM 2 aneurysm/o DEFINITION 2 WR: a widening, a widened blood vessel TERM 3 aort/o DEFINITION 3 WR: aorta TERM 4 arteri/o DEFINITION 4 WR: artery TERM 5 ather/o DEFINITION 5 WR: fatty plaque TERM 6 atri/o DEFINITION 6 WR: atrium TERM 7 cardi/o, coron/o DEFINITION 7 WR: heart TERM 8 electr/o DEFINITION 8 WR: electric TERM 9 embol/o DEFINITION 9 WR: embolus (plug) TERM 10 immun/o DEFINITION 10 WR: immune, immunity, safe TERM 21 varic/o DEFINITION 21 WR: dilated vein TERM 22 vas/o DEFINITION 22 WR: vessel; vas deferens; duct TERM 23 vascul/o DEFINITION 23 WR: vessel TERM 24 ventricul/o DEFINITION 24 WR: ventricle (of heart or brain) TERM 25 aden/o DEFINITION 25 WR: gland TERM 26 an/a DEFINITION 26 WR: against, up, back TERM 27 cerebr/o DEFINITION 27 WR: cerebrum TERM 28 hem/o DEFINITION 28 WR: blood TERM 29 my/o DEFINITION 29 WR: muscle TERM 30 necr/o DEFINITION 30 WR: death, necrosis TERM 31 sarc/o DEFINITION 31 WR: flesh (connective tissue) TERM 32 scler/o DEFINITION 32 WR: hardening; sclera (white of eye) TERM 33 ectomy DEFINITION 33 S: excision, removal TERM 34 lysis DEFINITION 34 S: separation; destruction; loosening TERM 35 plasty DEFINITION 35 S: surgical repair TERM 46 lysis DEFINITION 46 S: separation; destruction; loosening TERM 47 malacia DEFINITION 47 S: softening TERM 48 megaly DEFINITION 48 S: enlargement TERM 49 oid DEFINITION 49 S: resembling TERM 50 ole, ule DEFINITION 50 S: small, minute TERM 51 oma DEFINITION 51 S: tumor TERM 52 osis DEFINITION 52 S: abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) TERM 53 pathy DEFINITION 53 S: disease TERM 54 phagia DEFINITION 54 S: swallowing, eating TERM 55 phobia DEFINITION 55 S: fear TERM 56 phylaxis DEFINITION 56 S: protection TERM 57 pnea DEFINITION 57 S: breathing TERM 58 poiesis DEFINITION 58 S: formation, production TERM 59 rrhexis DEFINITION 59 S: rupture TERM 60 spasm DEFINITION 60 S: involuntary contraction, twitching TERM 71 anti DEFINITION 71 P: against TERM 72 bi DEFINITION 72 P: two TERM 73 brady DEFINITION 73 P: slow TERM 74 echo DEFINITION 74 P: a repeated sound TERM 75 endo DEFINITION 75 P: in, within TERM 76 epi DEFINITION 76 P: above, upon TERM 77 micro DEFINITION 77 P: small TERM 78 peri DEFINITION 78 P: around TERM 79 tachy DEFINITION 79 P: rapid TERM 80 trans DEFINITION 80 P: across, through TERM 81 tri DEFINITION 81 P: three TERM 82 AS DEFINITION 82 aortic stenosis TERM 83 BP DEFINITION 83 blood pressure TERM 84 CA DEFINITION 84 cancer; chronological age; cardiac arrest TERM 85 CAD DEFINITION 85 coronary artery disease TERM 96 US DEFINITION 96 ultrasound; ultrasonography TERM 97 WBC DEFINITION 97 white blood cell (s) TERM 98 AIDS DEFINITION 98 acquired immune deficiency syndrome TERM 99 HSV DEFINITION 99 herpes simplex virus TERM 100 RA DEFINITION 100 right atrium TERM 101 LA DEFINITION 101 left atrium TERM 102 RV DEFINITION 102 right ventricle TERM 103 LV DEFINITION 103 left ventricle TERM 104 IVS DEFINITION 104 interventricular septum TERM 105 SVC DEFINITION 105 superior vena cava TERM 106 IVC DEFINITION 106 inferior vena cava TERM 107 aneurysm DEFINITION 107 Localized dilation of the wall of a blood vessel, usually an artery, due to a congenital defect or weakness in the vessel wall TERM 108 angina pectoris DEFINITION 108 Mild to severe pain or pressure in the chest caused by ischemia; also called angina TERM 109 bradycardia DEFINITION 109 slow heart condition TERM 110 coronary artery disease (CAD) DEFINITION 110 Abnormal condition that affects the heart's srteries and produces various pathological effects, especially reduced flow of oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium