Medical Terminology: Prefixes

Prefix: Adip- (Adip)

• Meaning: Refers to fat or fatty tissue.
• Examples:
  • Adipocyte: A fat cell.
  • Adipoma: A fatty tumor.
  • Adipose: Animal fat.

Prefixes: Ima-, Hemo-, Hemato-, Hema-

• Meaning: All refer to blood.
• Examples:
  • Hemoglobin: The blood cell protein.
  • Hematuria: Blood in the urine.
  • Hematochesia: Blood through the anus.

Prefix: Myo-

• Meaning: Refers to muscle.
• Examples:
  • Myology: The study of muscles.
  • Myofibril: A muscle fiber.
  • Cardiomyopathy: Heart muscle disease.

Prefix: Necro- (Necro)

• Meaning: Refers to dead tissue or the dead.
• Examples:
  • Necrosis: The death of cells or body tissues.
  • Necrotomy: The excision of dead body tissue or dissection of dead bodies.
  • Necrophages: Feeding on dead decaying tissue.

Prefixes/Roots: Cen-, Centri-, Centro-

• Meaning: Refer to center.
• Examples:
  • Anthropocentric: Refers to humans as the center of the universe.
  • Centripetal: Physiologically refers to transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system.
  • Centromere: The region toward the center of chromatids where they join to form a chromosome.

Prefixes: Neur-, Neuro-

• Meaning: Refer to nerve or nervous system.
• Examples:
  • Neuron: A nerve cell.
  • Neuralgia: Nerve pain.
  • Neuroma: A nerve tumor or a pinched nerve.

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