Prefixes
many, much, excessive
poly-
enlargement
-megaly
excessive condition of thirst
polydipsia
poly/dips/ia
oste/o
bone
rapid
oxy-
cell
-cyte
good, healthy, normal
eu-
condition of the blood
-emia
rapid/fast heartbeat
tachycardia
tachy/card/ia
cutane/o
skin
new
neo-
state of
-esis
inward
eso-
inflammation
-itis
low calcium levels in the blood
hypocalcemia
hypo/calc/emia
glyc/o
sugar
surrounding, around
peri-
movement
-kine
rapid or fast
tachy-
surgical repair
-plasty
few or deficient red blood cells
oliogcythemia
oligo/cyt/hemia
encephal/o
brain
together, joined
syn-
process of treatment
-iatry
upward, above
supra-
breaking down, dissolving, loosening
-lysis
puncture of a joint
arthrocentesis
arthr/o/centesis
hepat/o
liver
three
tri-
resembling, like
-oid
left
levo-
tumor, mass
-oma
incision into the aorta
aortotomy
aort/o/tomy
psych/o
mind
heights, extremes, extremities
acro-
digestion condition
-pepsia
no, not, without
a-
removal, excision
-ectomy
stomach pain
gastrodynia
gastr/o/dynia
thorac/o
chest
toward
af-
process of viewing
-scopy
forward, in front of, before
ante-
pain
-dynia
rupture of the spleen
splenorrhexis
splen/o/rrhexis
hyster/o
uterus
slow
herniation, protrusion
-cele
middle
meso-
condition of softening
-malacia
muscle hernia
myocele
myo/cele
thromb/o
clotting
bad, difficult, painful
dys-
embryonic, immature
-blast
one
mono-
urinary condition
-uria
creation of ketone bodies
ketogenesis
keto/genesis
chloecyst/o
gallbladder
sound, reverberation
echo-
removal
-apheresis