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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).
Almost all medical terms are based in Greek or Latin forms of the item being described. In this case, terms are formed with a prefix and the suffix -scopy, from the Greek word skopeÅ, to look or to see. The appropriate prefix depeneds on what is being looked at. This is done with the aid of a device, which uses the same prefix plus the suffix -scope. The terms do not have to be medical; a kaleidoscope combines kalos, beautiful, with eidos, form.. A gyroscope uses the Greek word gyros,ring..