Medical Prefixes and Suffixes

Key Prefixes and Suffixes

Blood-related Terms

• -emia: denotes the blood
  • Example: leukemia (white blood), refers to cancer of white blood cells (leukocytes).

White Blood Cells

• leuk-: means white
  • Example: leukocytes (white blood cells)

Fat-related Terms

• lip-: means fat
  • -emia: relates to blood
  • Example: lipemia: technically means fat within the blood.

Sugar-related Terms

• glyc-: means glucose or sugar
  • hyper-: means excessive or increased
  • Example: hyperglycemia: refers to excessively high blood glucose (sugar level).

Additional Information

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