CNA Medical Prefixes & Suffixes

Medical terms for CNA

13 cards   |   Total Attempts: 189
  

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-phagia
To eat; consume; swallow
-phasia
Speaking
-plegia
Paralysis
-rrhage ; -rrhagia
Excessive flow
-stomy ; -ostomy
Creating/creation of an opening
-tomy / -otomy
Incision ; cutting into
Bi-
Double ; two ; twice
Brady-
Slow
Dys-
Bad ; difficult ; abnormal
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Excessive ; too much ; high
Hypo-
Under ; decreased ; less than normal
Tachy-
Fast ; rapid