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Prefixes / Suffixes

NUR 100 Prefixes / Suffixes

Prefix/SuffixMeaning
a, an without, not
ab away from
ad towards
algesia, algia painful condition
angio vessel
anti against
bi two
brady slow
carcino crab, cancer
cardio heart
centi hundred
cephalo head
chole bile
chyme juice
co, com, con with, together
colo colon
contra against
cyano blue
cyst sac, bladder
cyt, cyte, cyto cell
di twice, two
dia through, between
dis apart
dys bad, difficult
e out
ectomy excision
emia blood
endo within
enter, entero intestine
epi on
erythro red
esthesia perception, feeling, sensation
eu good
ex out, away from
extra, extro outside of, beyond
gastro stomach
gen, genic to produce
genito genital
genos kind
geri, gero old age
glyco sweet, sugar
gyne, gyno, gyneco woman
hem, hemi, hemato, hemo blood
hepat, hepato liver
hetero other
homeo like, similar
homo same
hyper over, above, exceeding
hypo under, beneath
hyster womb
in not
inter between
intra within
iso equal to
itis inflammation of
kilo thousand
lacto milk
leuko white
litho stone
lysis, lytic dissolution (i.e. dialysis)
macro large
mal bad
mega, megalo large
micro small
milli thousand
mis wrong
mono single
multi many
myo muscle
nephr kidney
neuro nerve
noct night
non not
olig little
ology study
oma tumor
opthalmo eye
ortho straight
osis, iasis condition, status, process
osteo bone
oto ear
ox, oxe, oxi, oxy keen - denoting the presence of oxygen
para beside, beyond, equal, pair
patho disease
per through
peri around, about
phasia speech
plasty formed, to form
plegia strok
pnea breath
pneumo lung
poly many
post behind, after, posterior
pre before
pro before, in front of, from
pseudo false
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