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Understanding Medical Words Tutorial
Beginnings and endings, also called prefix and suffix, are added to word roots to change the meaning or add more information.
Is it a beginning or an ending? In this section, we will use a dash after the word part to show it's a beginning.
Example: hepat -
We will use a dash before the word part to show it is an ending.
Example: - itis
Beginnings and endings that are about size:
- Macro - is very large
- Megalo - or - megaly is large
- Micro - is small
Beginnings on level or speed:
- Hyper - is above normal
- Hypo - is below normal
- Tachy - is fast
- Brady - is slow
Beginnings about where:
- Peri - is around
- Trans - is across
- Endo - is within or inside
- Inter - is between