Medical Terminology (Prefixes & Suffixes) Questions and Answers Graded A+

Medical Terminology (Prefixes & Suffixes) Questions and Answers Graded A+ ec-, ecto-, ex-, exo- - ANS- outside en- - ANS- inside endo- - ANS- within epi- - ANS- upon,subsequent to extra- - ANS- beyond hyper- - ANS- above, beyond normal hypo- - ANS- below, below normal infra- - ANS- inside or below inter- - ANS- between intra- - ANS- inside, within meso- - ANS- middle meta- - ANS- beyond pan- - ANS- all or everywhere para- - ANS- alongside, like retro- - ANS- backward, behind bi- - ANS- two di, dipl- - ANS- two, twice hemi, semi- - ANS- half macro- - ANS- big micro- - ANS- small mono- - ANS- one olig, oligo- - ANS- a few pan- - ANS- all or everywhere poly- - ANS- many quadri- - ANS- four semi- - ANS- half, partial tetra- - ANS- four tri- - ANS- three uni- - ANS- one -cele - ANS- protrusion, hernia -centesis - ANS- surgical puncture -cyte - ANS- cell -desis - ANS- surgical binding -dynia, -algia - ANS- pain -ectasis, -ectasia - ANS- expansion or dilation -ectomy - ANS- surgical removal -edema - ANS- excessive fluid in intracellular tissues -emesis - ANS- vomiting -emia - ANS- blood -gen, -genic, -genesis - ANS- origin, producing -gram - ANS- written or pictorial record -graph - ANS- device for graphic or pictorial recording -graphy - ANS- act of graphic or pictorial recording -ian, -iatrist, -ist, -logist, -logy, -ics, -iatry, -iatrics - ANS- speciality of, study of, practice of -iasis - ANS- a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a condition -ism - ANS- a condition of; a process; or a state of -itis - ANS- inflammation -lith - ANS- stone, calculus, calcification -lysis - ANS- disintegration -malacia - ANS- softening -megaly - ANS- enlargement -meter - ANS- device for measuring -metry - ANS- act of measuring -oid - ANS- resembling or like -oma - ANS- tumor -opsy - ANS- visual examination -osis - ANS- abnormal