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PREFIXES & SUFFIXES Word Search Puzzle

Prefix/Suffix	Meaning
a-	without or lack of
ab-	away (away from)
abdomin/o-	belly
-able	capable of
abort/io	to miscarry or miscarrying (natural or induced)
abrupt/io-	to tear away from
abcess	a going away
-ac	refers to or pertains to
-ory	refers to or pertains to
-us	refers to or pertains to
acanth/o-	thorny (skin growth)
access/o-	supplemental
acetabul/o-	vinegar cup or hip joint (for femur)
acne	pointed
acoust/i-	hearing
acr/o-	extremities, height and pointed
acrom/i-	extremities, height and pointed
actin/o-	sun, ray, radium
acu-	sharp
acus-	sharp
ad-	near or beside
aden/o-	gland
adhes/io-	to stick (together)
adip/o-	fat
aer/o-	air or gas
af-	toward
-age	relates to or pertains to
aggglutnin/o-	to clump
-agogue	inducing or leading
-agon	walls
-agra	pain
-al	refers to
alb/o-	white
albumin/o-	egg white
alges/i-	pain
-algia	pain
alimento/o	to nourish
alopec/i-	fox mange or baldness
alveol/i-	cavity
ambi-	both
amblyo-	dull
ambul/o-	to walk
-amine	nitrogen compound
amino-	organic compound
amnesi/o-	forgetful
amnio-	lambs caul 'small cap'
amphi-	both
amylo-	starch
an-	lack of or without
an/o-	ring
ana-	apart or up
ancone-	elbow
andr/o-	man or male
anecto-	without expansion or dilation
angi/o-	vessel
angin/o-	to choke
anil/i-	old women
anis/o-	unequal
ankyl/o-	fuse or bind
anomal/y	abnormal
ante-	before
anter/o-	before or foremost (in front)
anthr/o-	coal or carbuncle
anthrac/o-	coal or carbuncle
anthrop/o-	human
anti-	against
antr/o-	cavity
antr/um-	cavity or cavern
anuerysm-	dilation or ballooning
anxio-	restlessness, uneasy, apprehensive
-apheresis	to remove or separate
apo-	above or upon
aponeur/o-	upon tendon (sheet or sheath around tendon)
append/o-	appendage
aqua-	water
-ar	refers to
ar-	without or lack of
acrachn/	spider
arachino-	spider
arche/o-	first
arche-	first
-aria	air
arteri/o-	artery
arthr/o-	joint
articul/o-	jointed
-ary	refers to
asbest/o-	unquenchable
ascar/i-	worm
asco-	bag
-ase	enzyme
aspergill/o-	to sprinkle
aster/o-	star
-asthenia	weakness
asthma-	panting
-ate	refers to or action
atelo-	incomplete, without end, imperfect (ending)
athero-	porridge or yellow fat
-ation	process of or procedure of
-ition	process of or procedure of
atm/o-	vapor or steam
-artresia	closure
atri/o-	chamber
attrit/i-	wearing out
audi-	hearing
aur/i-	ear
auricul/o-	ear
auscult/o-	to listen
auto-	self
aut-	self
avuls/i-	to tear
axill/o-	armpit or central
axio-	axle or axis
axo-	axle or axis
azoto-	urea nitrogen
azygo-	single
Bacill/o	ROD-LIKE
Bacteri/o-	ROD
Balan/o-	PENIS (GLANS PENIS)
Baro-	WEIGHT
Bary-	HEAVY
Bas/o-	basic
Bas/io-	at a base
Bene-	good or normal
Benign/i-	kind
Beri-	weakness
Bi-	two
Bil/i- (bil-)	bile or gall
Bin-	two
bio-	life
-blast	beginning or young
bleb/o- (bulla-)	blister
blenno-	mucus
blepharo- (palpebro-)	eyelid
bol/o-	lump or ball
-borg	orgasm
brach/i-	arm
brachy-	short
brady-	slow
brevi-	short
bronch/i-	windpipe or tracea-like
brux-	grinding
brucca-	cheek
bulba-	bister or vesicle
bula-	blister or vesicle
bulimo-	hunger
burs/o-	sac, wine-sac, or pouch
cac/o-	diseased or bad
cal/o-	heat, heated or hot
calcane/o-	heel
calcin/o-	calcium
calco-	pebbles or granules (of calcium mineral)
caligi/o-	dim vision
calyx-	cups
calix-	cups
call/o-	hardened skin
calx-	heel or lime
candid/i-	glowing white
canth/o-	corner of eye
capill/o-	hair-like
capit/o-	head
capn/o-	carbon dioxide
capsulo-	little box
caput-	head
carb/o-	carbon atoms, coal, or charcoal
carbun/o-	glowing ember
carbuncul/o-	glowing ember
carcin/o-	crab-like
cardi/o-	heart
carp/o-	wrist
cata-	breakdown or down
cataract	waterfall or cloudiness
catarrh-	to flow down
catheter/o-	to let down into
caud/o-	tall or toward tall
caust/o-	burn or heat
cau-	burn or heat
caus-	burn or heat
cav-	hollow
cebo-	meal or food
cec/o-	blind pouch
-cece	navel
-cele	swelling or tumor
cell/o-	abdomen or belly
cellul/o-	chambers
cement/o-	hard
ceno-	empty or common
keno-	empty or common
-centesis	surgical puncture to drain fluid
centi-	one-hundredth apart
centr/i-	center
centro-	center
cephalo-	head
-cept-	receiver
cerbr/o-	brain
ceru-	wax
cerv/i-	neck
chalas/i-	relaxation
chalaz/io-	hailstone (eyelid sebaceous cyst)
chancr/o-	ulcer (sore)
cheil/o-	lip
chilo-	lip
chiasma	a crossing
chiro-	hand
chlamyd/i-	to cloak or cover
chlor/o-	green
cholangio-	bile duct
chole-	bile or gall (ingredient of)
cholecyst/o-	gallbladder
choledoch/o-	gallbladder duct (canal)
cholera-	billary acute diarrhea
chondr/o-	cartilage
chordo- (cordo-)	cord
chorea-	dancing (shaking)
chrom/o-	colored
chyme-	juice
chyle-	juice
-cicatrix	scar
-cid	to kill
cil/i-	eyelash-like
cili-	eyelash or eyelash like
cimex-	bug
cine/o-	movement filming
circum-	around
cirrh/o-	yellow-oranged (jaundiced)
-cis	cut or to cut
cistern/o-	cavity
-clalasia	relaxation
-clast	breakdown
-clas	breakdown
clavicul/o-	collar bone (little key shape)
cleido-	hook, clavicle or collar bone
clino-	bent
clon/o-	turmoil
clubb/o-	rounding
-clysis	irrigation or injection
co-	two
coagulo/o-	clotting or clot
-coccus	berry
coccyg/o-	tailbone
cochle/o-	snail-like
coel-	hollow belly (cavity)
coit/o-	to come together (sexual union; inter/course "between/a flowing")
col/o-	colon big or large intestine
colon/o-	colon big or large intestine
colla/o-	glue
-collis	twisted
colob/o-	to mutilate
colpo-	vagina
com-	together
comato-	deep sleep
con-	together
conch/a-	shell
concuss/i-	violent shaking
condyl/o-	knuckle (nob)
coni/o-	dust
-conis	cone shaped
conjuctiv/o-	together joined (united)
-continence	contained
contra-	against
contrecoup	counter blow
contus/i-	bruise
convolo-	to roll together
corac/o-	crows beak (shape)
cord-	vocal chords cord
core/o-	pupil or iris (rainbow)
cori/o-	skin
corne/o-	cornea or horn (shape)
cornu-	horn or horny
coron/o-	crowning
coronal plane (aka: frontal plane)	crowning frontal body cut
corp/o-	body
cortic/o-	bark, outer bark, rind, or cortex
cost/o-	rib
cox/a-	hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur)
cox/o-	hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur)
crani/o-	skull
cras/o-	mixture
-creas	fleshy or flesh
crenat/o-	notched
cric/o-	ring
-crine	secrete
-crin	secrete
-crit	separate
cruc/i-	cross or cross-like
crur/o-	leg thigh or femur
crus/o-	leg thigh or femur
crust/-	scab or outer coat
cryo-	cold
crypto-	secret
cub/o-	cube or cube shaped
cubit/o-	elbow
culd/o-	blind pouch
-cule	little
cune/i-	wedge
currett/o-	scooping or scraping
-cusis	hearing
cusp/i-	pointed
cuti/o- (cut-)	skin
cutis-	skin
cyan/o-	blue
cycl/o-	circle
-cyesis	pregnancy
cyst/o-	bladder or sac
cyst-	bladder or sac
cyst/i-	bladder or sac
cystido-	bladder or sac
cyte-	cell or chamber
cyt-	cell or chamber
cyth-	cell or chamber
-cytosis	increase (in number)
dacryo-	tear
dactylo-	digits (fingers and toes)
de-	away
debride-	removal
deca-	one/tenth (1/10)
decem-	one/tenth (1/10)
decub/o-	to lie down
deep	most inward
deka-, dek-	ten
delta	fan shaped or triangular
dem/o-	people
demi-	half
dendr/o-	tree-shaped
DENT/O-	TOOTH OR TEETH
DON'T/O-	TOOTH OR TEETH
DEPRESS-	LOWER
DERM/O-	SKIN
DERMAT/O-	SKIN
-DESIS	BINDING, TO BAND OR A BAND
desmo-	ligament (also tendon)
deuter/o-	second or secondary
dextr/o-	rght
di-	two
dia-	across, through, total or complete, or between
diaphoro-	excessive sweating
-didymis	testis or teste
different-	to separate or apart
-deferens	to separate or apart
digit-	finger or toe
diplo-	double or two
dips/o-	thirst or thirsty
dipther/i-	membrane
dis-	away from or reversed
dist/o-	farther from
diverticul/o-	outpouching
doch/o-	duct or canal
doct/o-	to teach or teacher
dol/o-	pain
dolich/o-	long, seperation, dislocation
dors/o-	back
dos/e- (dose)	a giving
-dote	what is given
dracuncul/o-	little dragon (worm)
dromo-	running
du/o-	two
duct/o-	to draw or to lead (motion) away
duoden/o-	twelve
dura-	hard
dwarf/o-	small
dy/o-	two or a pair
dynam/o-	work or strength
-dynia	pain
dys-	diffucult, faulty or painful
-e	instrument
e-	out or remove
-eal	refers to
ec-	outside, outward, outer or out
ect-	outside, outward, outer or out
ecto-	outside, outward, outer or out
ecchymo/-	juice out
eccrine-	secreting or to secrete
echin/o-	prickly, spiny or notched
echo-	sound
-ectasis	dilation
-estasy	dilation
-ectomy	excisio or removal
eczema	to boil out
edema-	swelling
ef-	away or out
effer-	away or out
effus-	away or out
electr/o-	electrical
-ellum	lesser or smaller
em-	in
emac/i-	to grow thin
embryo-	early
-emesis	vomit
ernia	blood
emmetr/o-	normal or correct
emphysema	puffed up
en-	in
enamel	hard
encephal/o-	within head brain
-enchyma	anything poured in (essential organ part)
endo-	within or inside
enema	injection
entero-	intestine (usually refers to small intestine)
enuresis-	to void (expel) urine
eosin/o-	rose red (color)
epi-	upon
episi/o-	pubic region
-er	one who
-or	one who
-ergo	work or labor
eruct/o-	belching
erythermat/o-	red or flushed
erthr/o-	red
eschar	scab
eso-	toward
esthes/i-	feeling (physical)
estr/o-	female
ethm/o-	sieve
eti/o-	cause
eti/o-	cause
eu-	good or normal
ex-	out, outside, outward
exo-	out, outside, outward
extra-	out, outside, outward
facet	face
fac-	face
faci/o-	face
-facient	making
fasc/i-	band
febr/o-	fever
fec/o-	stool, fecal matter, or dung
scato-	stool, fecal matter, or dung
sterco-	srool, fecal matter or dung
femor/o-	thigh
fenestr/o-	window
-ference	to carry
ferro-	iron
fet/o-	young
fibrill/o-	to quiver
fibrin/o-	fiber-like
fibro-	fiber
fibul/o-	to clasp
fil-	thread
fila-	thread
fili-	thread
filar/i-	thread
fimbri/o-	fingers
fiss-	to split or splitting
fistul/o-	pipe or pipe-stem
flacci/o-	soft
flagell/o-	whip
flat/o-	to blow
flex-	to bend
-flect	to bend
flu-	flowing
-flux	to flow
foc/o-	center or hearth
fontan/o-	little fountain
formamen/o-	opening
fore-	before
-form	shaped shape or form
fossa-	furrow or shallow depression
fract/o-	to break
front/o-	forehead or before
-fuge	to flee
fulgur/o-	to lighten (with sparks burning tissue)
fulv/o-	brown
fund/o-	base or lage part (organ body)
fungi-	mushroom
furc/o-	branch or fork
furun/o-	boil
galact/o-	milk
gamet/o-	to marry, unite, or sexual union
gam/o-	to marry, unite, or sexual union
gangli/o-	knot swelling or collection knot
gangren/o-	eating sore
gastr/o-	stomach
gelat/o-	freeze or congeal
gelatino-	freeze or congeal