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Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes
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Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes
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1
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What does brady- mean?
Answer
slow
2
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What does epi- mean?
Answer
on; over
3
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What does endo- mean?
Answer
to; within
4
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What is the meaning of intra-?
Answer
within
5
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What is the meaning of the word part anter/o?
Answer
front
6
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What is the meaning of arthr/o?
Answer
joint
7
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What is the meaning of peri-?
Answer
around
8
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What is the meaning of bi/o?
Answer
life
9
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What is the meaning of sub-?
Answer
below
10
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What is the meaning of cardi/o?
Answer
heart
11
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What is the meaning of supra-?
Answer
above
12
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What is the meaning of caud/o?
Answer
tail
13
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What is the meaning of tachy-?
Answer
fast
14
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What is the meaning of cephal/o?
Answer
head
15
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What is the meaning of -trans as a suffix?
Answer
across
16
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What is the meaning of cervic/o?
Answer
neck; cervix
17
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What is the meaning of -al, -ac, -ar, -ary as suffixes?
Answer
pertaining to
18
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What is the meaning of col/o?
Answer
col/o refers to colon; large intestine
19
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What is the meaning of colon/o?
Answer
large intestine
20
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What is the meaning of -iac, -ial, -ic, -ial as suffixes?
Answer
pertaining to
21
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What is the meaning of cost/o?
Answer
rib
22
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What is the meaning of -algia?
Answer
pain
23
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What is the meaning of cyt/o?
Answer
cell
24
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What is the meaning of -cyte?
Answer
cell (as a suffix)
25
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What is the meaning of dist/o?
Answer
distant
26
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What is the meaning of -ectomy?
Answer
surgical removal
27
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What is the meaning of dors/o?
Answer
back of body
28
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What is the meaning of -emia?
Answer
blood condition
29
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What is the meaning of enter/o?
Answer
intestines
30
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What is the meaning of -gen?
Answer
substance that produces