Most used affixes in medical practices by doctors and medical professionals including medical raps, pharmaceutical agents and representatives and nursing staf etc.
Top vocabulary in medical terminologies used make compound terminologies with following medical terms prefixes and postfixes (suffixes).
Simply and easy recognition of complex medical words in Medical terminology for naming conventions of diseases, diagnostics and treatment, used prefixes and postfixes (suffixes) for convinience in medical practice.
Follwign is are some of those affixes for layman reference and understanding.
Prefixes and Meanings in Medical Terminologies
Adeno- GlandularAn- NotAnti- AgainstAorto- AortaArtho- jointBleph- EyelidBroncho- BronchiCardio- HeartCephal- HeadCerebro- BrainCervico- CervixCholecysto- Gall BladderColi- BowelColpo- VaginaEntero- IntestineGastro- StomachGlosso- TongueHaema- BloodHepa- LiverHystero- UterusLaryngo- LarynxLeuco- WhiteMetro- UterusMyelo- Spinal cordMyo- MuscleNephro- KidneyNeuro- NerveOdonto- ToothOrchido- TestisOsteo- BoneOto- EarPharyngo- PharynxPio- PusPneumo- LungRen- KidneyRhin- NoseSpleno- SpleenThyro- Thyroid GlandUrethro- UrethraVesico– BladderSuffixes (Postfixes) and Meanings in Medical Terminologies
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