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Pharmacy Tech
Root Word, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Term | Definition | Word Part |
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alb | white | root word |
aden | gland | root word |
hyster/o | uterus | root word |
hist/o | body tissue | root word |
hepat | liver | root word |
gynec/o | women | root word |
somat/o | body | root word |
spir/o | breathing | root word |
rhin/o | nose | root word |
ren/o | kidney | root word |
retin/o | retina | root word |
proct/o | rectum | root word |
vesic, vesicul/o | vesicle, bladder | root word |
vas, vascul/o | blood vessel | root word |
uria | excess | root word |
tympan | ear drum | root word |
stenosis | narrowing | root word |
phleb/o | vein | root word |
spondyl/o | spine | root word |
pan | all | prefix |
post | after | prefix |
xer | dry | prefix |
dys | bad, painful, abnormal | prefix |
poly | many, excessive | prefix |
pseudo | false | prefix |
retro | behind, backward | prefix |
supra | above | prefix |
ultra | beyond, excessive | prefix |
ec | out of | prefix |
epi | upon, above | prefix |
ex, exo | out, away from | prefix |
pro | to go forth | prefix |
para | near, alongside, abnormal | prefix |
intra | within, inside | prefix |
meta | after, beyond | prefix |
dia | completely | prefix |
im | not, without | prefix |
ecto | out, outside | prefix |
endo | within, inner | prefix |
a | without, not , no | prefix |
ab | away from | prefix |
ad | toward | prefix |
ambi | both | prefix |
an | not, without | prefix |
bio | life | prefix |
extra | outside | prefix |
in | not , without | prefix |
infra | below, under | prefix |
inter | between, among | prefix |
iso | equal | prefix |
meso | middle | prefix |
mono | one | prefix |
neo | new | prefix |
per | through | prefix |
super | above, excess | prefix |
sym, syn | together | prefix |
trans | across | prefix |
eu | good, normal | prefix |
con | together | prefix |
ante | before | prefix |
brady | slow | prefix |
hemi | half | prefix |
auto | self | prefix |
osmia | odor, smell | suffix |
stenosis | narrowing | suffix |
ac | pertaining to | suffix |
al | pertaining to | suffix |
algia | pain | suffix |
ar, ary | pertaining to | suffix |
asthenia | weakness | suffix |
cele | hernia, bulging | suffix |
cyte | cell | suffix |
centesis | surgical puncture for removal fluid | suffix |
dipsia | thirst | suffix |
dynia | pain | suffix |
eal | pertaining to | suffix |
ectasis | dilation or distension of an organ | suffix |
ectomy | surgical removal | suffix |
emia | blood condition | suffix |
genic | producing, forming | suffix |
gram | record, picture | suffix |
graphy, graph | instrument for recording | suffix |
ia | disease, abnormal condition | suffix |
iasis | pathological condition | suffix |
iatry | treatment | suffix |
ic | pertaining to | suffix |
icle | small | suffix |
ism | state, condition | suffix |
itis | inflammation of | suffix |
ium | metallic element | suffix |
lepsy | seizure | suffix |
lith | stone | suffix |
lysis | breaking down | suffix |
logy | study of | suffix |
lytic | destroy, reduce | suffix |
malacia | softening | suffix |
megaly | enlarged | suffix |
meter | measuring instrument | suffix |
metry | of measuring | suffix |
oid | resembling, like | suffix |
oma | tumor | suffix |
opia, opsia | vision | suffix |
osis | abnormal condition | suffix |
scopy | process of viewing | suffix |
spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction | suffix |
scope | instrument to view | suffix |
sclerosis | hardening | suffix |
rrhea | flow, discharge | suffix |
rrhage | blood bursting forth | suffix |
plegia | paralysis, stroke | suffix |
plasty | surgical repair | suffix |
plasia | formation | suffix |
phobia | fear of | suffix |
philia | attraction to | suffix |
ula, ule | small | suffix |
tropic, tropia | turning | suffix |
uria | urine, urination | suffix |
trophy | nourishment, development | suffix |
toxic | poison | suffix |
tripsy | rubbing, crushing | suffix |
tocia | conditions of labor | suffix |
tomy | incision, cut | suffix |
tic | pertaining to | suffix |
therapy | treatment | suffix |
stomy | artificial opening | suffix |
stasis | control, stop | suffix |
ous | processing, full of | suffix |
paresis | incomplete, partial | suffix |
path, pathy | disease | suffix |
penia | deficiency, decreased number | suffix |
pepsia | digestion | suffix |
phagia | eating, swallowing | suffix |