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Prefix, Root, Suffix 1 Alphabetical

The document defines medical word prefixes, roots, and suffixes to understand medical terminology. It provides 20 examples of medical words and breaks them down by their components. The prefixes generally indicate a negative or positive association, the roots refer to bodily parts or processes, and the suffixes often describe a condition or action. Understanding the basic elements of medical terms can help interpret their meanings in a clinical context.

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Prefix, Root, Suffix 1 Alphabetical

The document defines medical word prefixes, roots, and suffixes to understand medical terminology. It provides 20 examples of medical words and breaks them down by their components. The prefixes generally indicate a negative or positive association, the roots refer to bodily parts or processes, and the suffixes often describe a condition or action. Understanding the basic elements of medical terms can help interpret their meanings in a clinical context.

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COMMON MEDICAL WORD

OBJECTIVES:

TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF


A MEDICAL WORD BY STUDYING ITS
PREFIX,ROOT AND SUFFIX
1. ABDOMINAL
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ABDOMIN/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: ABDOMEN
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -AL
SUFFIX DEFINITION: PERTAINING TO
DEFINITION: PERTAINING TO THE ABDOMEN
2. ABDUCTION
PREFIX: AB-
PREFIX DEFINITION: AWAY FROM
1ST ROOT WORD: DUCT/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: TO LEAD; CARRY
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -ION
SUFFIX DEFINITION: PROCESS
Definition: process of leading or carrying away from
3. ABNORMAL
PREFIX: AB-
PREFIX DEFINITION: AWAY FROM
1ST ROOT WORD: NORM/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: RULE; ORDER
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -AL
SUFFIX DEFINITION: PERTAINING TO

Definition: pertaining to rule; being away from order


4. ACANTHOMA
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ACANTH/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: SPINY THORNY
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -OMA
SUFFIX DEFINITION: TUMOR; MASS; FLUID COLLECTION

Definition: tumor; mass being spiny; thorny


5. ACHONDROPLASIA
PREFIX: A-
PREFIX DEFINITION: NO; NOT; WITHOUT
1ST ROOT WORD: CHONDR/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: CARTILAGE
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -PLASIA
SUFFIX DEFINITION: DEVELOPMENT; FORMATION

Definition: no development; formation of cartilage


6. ACOUSTOMETER
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ACOUST/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: HEARING; SOUND
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -METER
SUFFIX DEFINITION: MEASURE

Definition: measuring hearing; sound


7. ACROMEGALY
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ACR/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: EXTREMITIES; TOP; EXTREME POINT
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -MEGALY
SUFFIX DEFINITION: ENLARGEMENT

Definition: enlargement of the extremities


8. ADDUCTION
PREFIX: AD-
PREFIX DEFINITION: TOWARD
1ST ROOT WORD: DUCT/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: TO LEAD; CARRY
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -ION
SUFFIX DEFINITION: PROCESS

Definition: process of leading; carrying toward


something
9. ADENOCARCINOMA
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ADEN/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: GLAND
2ND ROOT WORD: CARCIN/O
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION: CANCEROUS; CANCER
SUFFIX: -OMA
SUFFIX DEFINITION: TUMOR; MASS; FLUID COLLECTION

Definition: cancerous tumor originating from glandular


tissue
10. ADENOHYPOPHYSEAL
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ADEN/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: GLAND
2ND ROOT WORD: HYPOPHYS/O
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION: PITUITARY GLAND
SUFFIX: -EAL
SUFFIX DEFINITION: PERTAINING TO

Definition: pertaining to the pituitary gland


11. ADENOLOGY
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ADEN/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: GLAND
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -LOGY
SUFFIX DEFINITION: STUDY (PROCESS OF)

Definition: process of studying glands


12. ADENOMA
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ADEN/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: GLAND
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -OMA
SUFFIX DEFINITION: TUMOR; MASS; FLUID COLLECTION
Definition: benign tumor of epithelial tissue with
glandular origin
13. ADENOTOME
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ADEN/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: GLAND
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -TOME
SUFFIX DEFINITION: INSTRUMENT TO CUT
Definition: instrument used to cut glands
14. ADIPOCYTE
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ADIP/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: FAT
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -CYTE
SUFFIX DEFINITION: CELL
Definition: cells that store fat
15. ADRENAL
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ADREN/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: ADRENAL GLAND
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -AL
SUFFIX DEFINITION: PERTAINING TO

Definition: pertaining to the adrenal gland


16. AEROSINUSITIS
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: AER/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: AIR
2ND ROOT WORD: SINUS/O
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION: SINUS
SUFFIX: -ITIS
SUFFIX DEFINITION: INFLAMMATION
Definition: inflammation of the sinus due to difference
in air pressure
17. AGEUSIA
PREFIX: A-
PREFIX DEFINITION: NO; NOT; WITHOUT
1ST ROOT WORD:
1ST ROOT DEFINITION:
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -GEUSIA
SUFFIX DEFINITION: TASTE

Definition: without; no taste


18. ALLOPATHY
PREFIX:
PREFIX DEFINITION:
1ST ROOT WORD: ALL/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: OTHER
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -PATHY
SUFFIX DEFINITION: DISEASE; EMOTION
Definition: uses other practices to cure diseases
19. AMBIDEXTROUS
PREFIX: AMBI-
PREFIX DEFINITION: AROUND; ON BOTH SIDES; ABOUT
1ST ROOT WORD: DEXTR/O
1ST ROOT DEFINITION: RIGHT
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -OUS
SUFFIX DEFINITION: PERTAINING TO
Definition: pertaining to the use of both right and left hands
equally
20. AMNESIA
PREFIX: A-
PREFIX DEFINITION: NO; NOT; WITHOUT
1ST ROOT WORD:
1ST ROOT DEFINITION:
2ND ROOT WORD:
2ND ROOT WORD DEFINITION:
SUFFIX: -MNESIA
SUFFIX DEFINITION: MEMORY

Definition: no memory
PREFIXES SUFFIXES -tome=instrument to
-al = pertaining to cut
a- no; not; without -ion= process -cyte=cell
an- not; not; without -oma=tumor -it is= inflammation
ab- away from -plasia=development -geusia=taste
ad- toward -pathy=disease
-meter=measure
-megaly=enlargement -ous=pertaining to
-ion=process -mnesia=memory

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