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Prefixes& Suffixes
Table of Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without |
| ab- | from |
| ad- | toward |
| aden- | gland |
| alg- | cold, pain |
| ambi- | both |
| angio- | blood vessel |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| arthro- | joint |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| bili- | bile |
| bio- | life |
| brachi- | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch- | bronchi, trachea |
| bucc- | cheek |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| cata- | destruction |
| centi- | one one-hundreth |
| cephal- | head |
| chole- | gallbladder |
| chondroe- | cartilage |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | against |
| cerebro- | brain |
| col- | colon |
| colp- | vagina |
| cost- | rib |
| counter- | against |
| crani- | skull |
| cyst- | sac, bladder |
| cyto- | cell |
| de- | removal from |
| deci- | one-tenth |
| deka, deca | ten |
| dent- | teeth |
| lacrim- | tears |
| laryngo- | larynx |
| lipo- | fat |
| lyso- | dissolve, kill |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | ill, bad |
| mast- | breast |
| mega- | large |
| ment- | mind |
| mes- | middle |
| meta- | beyond; change |
| micro- | small |
| milli- | one one-thousandth |
| mono- | single |
| myo- | muscle |
| naso- | nose |
| necro- | dead |
| neo- | new |
| nephro- | liver |
| oculo- | eye |
| opthalmo- | eye |
| oligo- | lack of, few, scanty, deficiency of |
| ora- | oral |
| ortho- | straight |
| os- | mouth, bone |
| osteo- | bone |
| ot- | ear |
| oophoro- | ovary |
| pan- | all |
| para- | through |
| path- | disease |
| ped- | child, foot |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| phlebo- | vein |
| photo- | light |
| pleuro- | pleura |
| pneumo- | lung; gas; air |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | forward |
| procto- | rectum |
| pseudo- | false |
| psych- | soul, mind |
| pyel- | pelvis |
| pyo- | pus |
| pyro- | fire, heat |
| quadr- | four |
| quint- | five |
| rachi- | spine |
| radio- | ray |
| re- | again |
| reni- | kidney |
| retro- | backward |
| rhin- | nose |
| rubi- | red |
| salpingo- | tube |
| semi- | one-half |
| septic- | putrefaction |
| somat- | body |
| steno- | narrow |
| stoma- | mouth, opening |
| sub- | under, inferior |
| supro- | above |
| sym-, syn- | with |
| tachy- | fast |
| tensio- | stretch |
| tetra- | four |
| thermo- | heat |
| thoraco- | chest |
| thrombe- | clot |
| tox- | poison |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | excess |
| un- | not |
| uni- | one |
| vas- | vessel |
| vit- | life |