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1 For example, hypocalcemia is low calcium in the blood and hyposensitivity is undersensitivity. 2  The opposite of hypo-is hyper-. 3  iatr-: Prefix relating to a physician or medicine. 4  From the Greek word iatros meaning physician (healer).
-genic means creating / causing. Thus we can see that this is a bone forming tumour. All medical terms have a root word. They may also have a prefix, a suffix, or both a prefix and a suffix. Prefixes have a droppable o, which acts to connect the prefix to root words which begin with a consonant.As a general rule, the o is dropped when connecting to a root word beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, i, u).refixes have a droppable o, which acts to connect the prefix to root words which begin with a consonant. As a general rule, the o is dropped when connecting to a root word beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, i, u).