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Prefixes& Suffixes
Table of Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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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 |