This is a used in
medical terminology, their meanings, and their
etymologies. Most of them are
combining forms in
Neo-Latin and hence
international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine. First,
prefixes and
suffixes, most of which are derived from
ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
or
classical Latin
Classical Latin is the form of Literary Latin recognized as a Literary language, literary standard language, standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. It formed parallel to Vulgar Latin around 75 BC out of Old Latin ...
, have a droppable vowel, usually
-o-. As a general rule, this vowel almost always acts as a joint-stem to connect two consonantal roots (e.g. + + ''
-logy'' = ''
arthrology''), but generally, the ''-o-'' is dropped when connecting to a vowel-stem (e.g. + ''
-itis'' = ''
arthritis'', instead of '). Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
Prefixes and suffixes
The following is an alphabetical list of medical prefixes and suffixes, along with their meanings, origins, and English examples.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J–K
L
M
N
O
P
Q–R
S
T
U
V
X–Z
English meanings
This section contains lists of different root classification (e.g. body components, quantity, description, etc.). Each list is alphabetized by English meanings, with the corresponding Greek and Latin roots given.
Roots of the body
Roots of bodily concepts
Body parts and substances
Roots of color
Roots of description
Roots of position
Prefixes of quantity or amount
See also
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Glossary of medicine
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Classical compound
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International scientific vocabulary
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List of medical abbreviations
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Medical dictionary
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Medicine
Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
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List of commonly used taxonomic affixes
References
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External links
"Root Words & Prefixes: Quick Reference."LearnThatWord. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 March 2013.
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Roots
Word coinage