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Prefixes & Suffixes

Medical Terminology

TermDefinition
-centesis puncture
-gram written record
-graph instrument used to produce a record
-graphy process of recording
-meter instrument used to measure
-metry process of measuring
-scope instrument used to look
-scopy process of looking
Eponyms Named after a person
the last syllable Ultima
the almost-last syllable Penult
the one before the one that is almost the last Antepenult
gen/o creation, cause
hydr/o water
morph/o change
myc/o fungus
necr/o death
orth/o straight
path/o suffering, disease
phag/o eat
plas/o formation
py/o pus
scler/o hard
sten/o narrowing
troph/o nourishment, development
xen/o foreign
-ac pertaining to
-al pertaining to
-ar pertaining to
-ary pertaining to
-eal pertaining to
-ic pertaining to
-tic pertaining to
-ous pertaining to
-ia condition
-ism condition
-ium tissue, structure
-y condition, procedure
-icle small
-ole small
-ule small
-ula small
-iatrics medical science
-iatry medical science
-iatrist specialist in medicine of
-ist specialist
-logist specialist in the study of
-logy study of
-algia pain
-dynia pain
-cele hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)
-emia blood condition
-iasis presence of
-itis inflammation
-lysis loosen, break down
-malacia abnormal softening
-megaly enlargement
-oid resembling
-oma tumor
-osis condition
-pathy disease
-penia deficiency
-ptosis drooping
-rrhage excessive flow
-rrhagia excessive flow
-rrhea flow
-rrhexis rupture
-spasm involuntary contraction
-desis binding, fixation
-ectomy removal
-pexy surgical fixation
-plasty reconstruction
-rrhaphy suture
-stomy creation of an opening
-tomy incision
ante- before
pre- before
pro- before, on behalf of
brady- slow
tachy- fast
post- after
re- again
ab- away
ad- toward
circum- around
peri- around
dia- through
trans- through
e- out
ec- out
ex- out
ecto- outside
exo- outside
extra- outside
en- in, inside
endo- in, inside
intra- in, inside
epi- upon
sub- beneath
inter- between
bi- two
hemi- half
semi- half
hyper- over
hypo- under
macro- large
micro- small
mono- one
uni- one
oligo- few
pan- all
poly- many
multi- many
con- with, together
syn- with, together
sym- with, together
dys- bad
eu- good
how to read the word suffix, prefix, root
arthr/o joint
cardi/o heart
enter/o small intestines
gastr/o stomach
hepat/o liver
neur/o nerve
hem/o blood
hemat/o blood
my/o muscle
muscul/o muscle
angi/o vessel
vas/o vessel
vascul/o vessel
derm/o skin
dermat/o skin
cutane/o skin
pneum/o lung
pneumon/o lung
pulmon/o lung
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