HSC2531 FINAL EXAM STUDY PLAN: PART D – MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | IRSC
STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Prefixes - ✔✔
ab- - ✔✔away from
ad- - ✔✔toward
ante- - ✔✔before/in front of
anti- - ✔✔not
auto - ✔✔self
brady- - ✔✔slow
contra- - ✔✔against
dys- - ✔✔painful, difficult, abnormal
epi- - ✔✔above
eu- - ✔✔normal
extra- - ✔✔outside of
hemi- - ✔✔half
hyper- - ✔✔excessive
hypo- - ✔✔below, insufficient
in- - ✔✔not, inward
inter- - ✔✔between
intra- - ✔✔within
mal- - ✔✔bad, opposite
mono- - ✔✔one
pan- - ✔✔all
per- - ✔✔through
, peri- - ✔✔near
post- - ✔✔after
primi- - ✔✔first
pro- - ✔✔before
pseudo- - ✔✔false
re- - ✔✔again
sub- - ✔✔under
syn- - ✔✔association, union
tachy- - ✔✔fast
trans- - ✔✔across
xeno- - ✔✔foreign
Suffixes - ✔✔
-algia - ✔✔pain
-asthenia - ✔✔weakness
-cele - ✔✔protrusion
-centesis - ✔✔puncture to withdraw fluid
-cide - ✔✔to kill
-desis - ✔✔to fuse
-emia - ✔✔blood condition
-graphy - ✔✔process of recording
-iasis - ✔✔abnormal condition
-itis - ✔✔inflammation
-lysis - ✔✔to destroy
-malacia - ✔✔abnormal softening
STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Prefixes - ✔✔
ab- - ✔✔away from
ad- - ✔✔toward
ante- - ✔✔before/in front of
anti- - ✔✔not
auto - ✔✔self
brady- - ✔✔slow
contra- - ✔✔against
dys- - ✔✔painful, difficult, abnormal
epi- - ✔✔above
eu- - ✔✔normal
extra- - ✔✔outside of
hemi- - ✔✔half
hyper- - ✔✔excessive
hypo- - ✔✔below, insufficient
in- - ✔✔not, inward
inter- - ✔✔between
intra- - ✔✔within
mal- - ✔✔bad, opposite
mono- - ✔✔one
pan- - ✔✔all
per- - ✔✔through
, peri- - ✔✔near
post- - ✔✔after
primi- - ✔✔first
pro- - ✔✔before
pseudo- - ✔✔false
re- - ✔✔again
sub- - ✔✔under
syn- - ✔✔association, union
tachy- - ✔✔fast
trans- - ✔✔across
xeno- - ✔✔foreign
Suffixes - ✔✔
-algia - ✔✔pain
-asthenia - ✔✔weakness
-cele - ✔✔protrusion
-centesis - ✔✔puncture to withdraw fluid
-cide - ✔✔to kill
-desis - ✔✔to fuse
-emia - ✔✔blood condition
-graphy - ✔✔process of recording
-iasis - ✔✔abnormal condition
-itis - ✔✔inflammation
-lysis - ✔✔to destroy
-malacia - ✔✔abnormal softening