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Prefixes/Suffixes
Root Words, Suffixes, and Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ary, -ar | pertaining to, related to, located in |
-algia | pain |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emesis | vomit |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | abnormal state |
-esis, -ia, -a, -ism, -ity, -y, -osis, -tion, -sis, -iasis, -sia | state or condition, disease |
-genesis | beginning, origin |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument that records |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ician | one who |
-ictal | seizure, attack |
-ist, -ologist | a specialist in |
-ites, -itis | inflammation |
-logy | science, study of |
-lysis, -lytic | destroy, dissolution, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-oxia | oxygen |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficient, lack of |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhaphy | suturing in place |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-tomy | cutting, incision |
Adren/o | adrenal glands |
Appendic/o | appendix |
Arthr/o | joints |
Blephar/o | eyelid |
Bronch/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
Bucc/o | cheek |
Cardi/o | heart |
Cephal/o | head |
Chole/o | bile, gall |
Col/o | colon, large intestine |
Crani/o | skull |
Derm/o | skin |
Enter/o | small intestine |
Gastr/o | stomach, belly |
Gingival | gingival tissue, gums |
Hem/o | blood, relating to the blood |
Hepat/o | liver |
My/o | muscle |
Nephr/o | kidney |
Neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
Odont/o | tooth |
Opthalm | eye, vision |
Oste/o | bone |
Ot/o | ear, hearing |
Ped/o | child, foot |
Proct/o | anus and rectum |
Pulmon/o | lung |
Rhin/o | nose |
Splen/o | spleen |
Thorac/o | chest |
a-, an- | without, lacking, deficientab, not |
ab- | away from |
ad-, af- | toward, to, near |
ante- | before, in front of, forward |
anti-, ant- | against, opposing, preventing |
brady- | slow |
contra- | against, opposed |
dia- | through, between, apart, across |
dis- | apart, free from |
dorso- | to the back |
dys- | difficult, bad, painful, abormal |
ect-, ecto-, exo- | outside of |
end-, endo-, ent-, ento- | within, inside |
ep-, epi- | upon, on, over |
eu- | normal, good, healthy |
extra-, extro- | outside of, beyond, outward |
hemi- | half, partial |
hyper- | excessive, above, beyond |
hyp-, hypo- | under, beneath |
inter- | between |
intra-, intro- | within, into |
mal- | bad, abnormal |
mega-, megalo- | large, big |
micr-, micro- | small |
mult-, multi- | many |
neo- | new, recent |
oligo- | little, few |
para- | beside, beyond, after |
peri- | around, surrounding |
poly- | many, much, excessive |
post- | after, behind |
pre-, pro- | before, in front of |
pyo- | pus |
steno- | narrow |
sub- | under, below, beneath |
super-, supra- | above, excess, superior |
tachy- | fast |
therm- | heat |
trans- | across, through, beyond |
cyano- | blue |
erythro- | red |
leuko- | white |
melano- | black |
nulli- | none |
mon-, mono- | one |
bi-, di-, dipl- | two, double, twice |
tri- | three |