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EMT: Prefix, Suffix, Abbreviations Part 1

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This deck covers essential prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations used in EMT terminology, focusing on their meanings and applications.

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without
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
a
without
ante
before
anit
against
bi
two, life
blast(o)
germ, bud, developing cell
brady
slow

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TermDefinition
a
without
ante
before
anit
against
bi
two, life
blast(o)
germ, bud, developing cell
brady
slow
cardi(o)
heart
cerebr(o)
brain, cerebrum
cervic(o)
neck
circum
around, about
contra
against, opposite
cyan(o)
blue
dys
difficult, painful, abnormal
erythr(o)
red
gastr(o)
stomach
glyc(o)
sugar, sweet
hemat(o)
liver
hemi
half
hepat(o)
blood
hyper
high, excessive, over
hypo
low, below normal
latero
outer structures
leuk(o)
white
mega
large
my(o)
muscle
nephr(o)
kidney
neur(o)
nerves
ortho
straight, normal
oste(o)
bone
peri
around
pharyng(o)
throat
pneum(o)
lungs, air
poly
many
pre
before
psued(o)
false
pulm(o)
lungs
retr(o)
backward, behind
sub
under, below
tachy
fast
thorac(o)
chest
vas(o)
blood vessel
algia
pertaining to pain
ectomy
surgical removal of
itis
inflammation
megaly
enlargement
ology
the study of
oma
tumor
ostomy
surgical creation of an opening
plegia
paralysis
pnea
pertaining to breathing