Terminologia Medyczna: przedrostki

PRZEDROSTEK	DEFINICJA	PRZYKŁAD
a-, an-	lacking, without	anemia - lack of blood aphasia - without speech
ad-	near, toward	adrenal - near the kidney
anti-	against	anticoagulant - prevent blood clotting
ect-, ecto-	outsider	ectoderm - outer skin
end-, endo-	inner, within	endodontium - dental pulp
hyper	above, beyond	hypertension - high blood pressure
hyp-, hypo-	under, deficient	hypothermia - low body temperature
inter-	between	intercostal - between the rib
intra-	within	intravenous - within a vein
neo-	new neonate	- newly born
poly-	many	polydipsia - excessive thirst
sub-	under	sublingual - beneath the tongue

Terminologia Medyczna: przyrostki

PRZEDROSTEK	DEFINICJA	PRZYKŁAD
-algia	pain	neuralgia - pain in nerves
-ectomy	cut out	appendectomy - removal of the appendix
-emia	blood condition	anemia - lack of blood
-esis, -osis, -y, -ia, -ity	condition, state	scoliosis - spine curvature
-gram, - graphy	written, record	mammogram - x-ray of breast
-ites, -itis	inflammation	carditis - inflammation of heart
-oma	tumor	lymphoma - lymph tissue
-penia	lack of	glycopenia - sugar deficiency in tissues
-plasty	surgical shaping	rhinoplasty - nose
-pnea	breathing	apnea - cessation in breathing
-stomy	surgical opening	tracheostomy - into the trachea
-scopy	to examine	cystoscopy - bladder