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Appendix A: Glossary of Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms - Q – Abbreviati
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost |
| -acusis | hearing condition |
| ad- | to, toward, or near |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air or gas |
| -al | pertaining to |
| albumin/o | protein |
| -algia | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus (air sac) |
| ambi- | both |
| an- | without |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against or opposed to |
| aort/o | aorta |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | an enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| ather/o | fatty paste |
| -ation | process |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/i | ear |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bi- | two or both |
| bil/i | bile |
| -blast | germ or bud |
| blast/o | germ or bud |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchus (airway) |
| bronchi/o | bronchus (airway) |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole (little airway) |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| carb/o | carbon dioxide |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cata- | down |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (little brain) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of brain) |
| cerumin/o | wax |
| cervic/o | neck or cervix |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage (gristle) |
| chrom/o | color |
| chromat/o | color |
| chyl/o | juice |
| circum- | around |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| 0 | 0 |
| 0 | colp/o |
| colp/o | vagina (sheath) |
| con- | together or with |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (to join together) |
| contra- | against or opposed to |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | circle or crown |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| de- | from, down, or not |
| dent/i | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| dextr/o | right or on the right side |
| dia- | across or through |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dis- | separate from or apart |
| doch/o | duct |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
| -e | noun marker |
| e- | out or away |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out or away |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| ecto- | outside |
| -ectomy | excision (removal) |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| en- | within |
| encephal/o | entire brain |
| endo- | within |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| epi- | upon |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| episi/o | vulva (covering) |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| eu- | good or normal |
| ex- | out or away |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| fasci/o | fascia (a band) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knot) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen | origin or production |
| gen/o | origin or production |
| -genesis | origin or production |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gli/o | glue |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus (small ball) |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glott/o | opening |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowing |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hepatic/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| histi/o | tissue |
| hormon/o | hormone (an urging on) |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | condition of |
| -iasis | formation of or presence of |
| -iatrics | treatment |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| ile/o | ileum |
| immun/o | safe |
| infra- | below or under |
| inguin/o | groin |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ir/o | iris (colored circle) |
| irid/o | iris (colored circle) |
| -ism | condition of |
| iso- | equal or like |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | structure or tissue |
| P.775 | 0 |
| 0 | jejun/o |
| jejun/o | jejunum (empty) |
| kerat/o | hard or cornea |
| ket/o | ketone bodies |
| keton/o | ketone bodies |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | humped-back |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lei/o | smooth |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| leuc/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| lex/o | word or phrase |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe (a portion) |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| -logy | study of |
| lord/o | bent |
| lumb/o | loin (lower back) |
| lymph/o | clear fluid |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| macro- | large or long |
| -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| -mania | abnormal impulse (attraction) toward |
| mast/o | breast |
| meat/o | opening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | menstruation |
| mening/o | meninges (membrane) |
| meningi/o | meninges (membrane) |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, after, or change |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| metr/o | uterus |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| morph/o | form |
| multi- | many |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| narc/o | stupor or sleep |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/i | birth |
| necr/o | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o | eye |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| olig/o | few or deficient |
| -oma | tumor |
| onc/o | tumor or mass |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | condition of vision |
| opt/o | eye |
| orch/o | testis (testicle) |
| orchi/o | testis (testicle) |
| orchid/o | testis (testicle) |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight, normal, or correct |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ov/i | egg |
| ov/o | egg |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pachy- | thick |
| palat/o | palate |
| pan- | all |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| para- | alongside of or abnormal |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| path/o | disease |
| pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | child or foot |
| pelv/i | hip bone |
| hip bone | -penia |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| per- | through or by |
| peri- | around |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation |
| phac/o | lens (lentil) |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| phak/o | lens (lentil) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| phas/o | speech |
| 0 | -phil |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -philia | attraction for |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
| phon/o | voice or sound |
| phor/o | to carry or bear |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphragm or mind |
| plas/o | formation |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | air or lung |
| pneumon/o | air or lung |
| pod/o | foot |
| -poiesis | formation |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after or behind |
| pre- | before |
| presby/o | old age |
| pro- | before |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| purpur/o | purple |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | basin |
| pylor/o | pylorus (gatekeeper) |
| quadri- | four |
| radi/o | radius or radiation (especially x-ray) |
| re- | again or back |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| reticul/o | a net |
| retin/o | retina |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped or striated (skeletal) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhage | to burst forth |
| -rrhagia | to burst forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube or eustachian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| schiz/o | split or division |
| scler/o | hard or sclera |
| scoli/o | twisted |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | process of examination |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| semi- | half |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sinistr/o | left or on the left side |
| sinus/o | hollow (cavity) |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| somn/i | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| sperm/o | sperm (seed) |
| spermat/o | sperm (seed) |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spin/o | spine (thorn) |
| spir/o | breathing |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| squam/o | scale |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| steat/o | fat |
| sten/o | narrow |
| stere/o | three-dimensional or solid |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| steth/o | chest |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| sub- | below or under |
| super- | above or excessive |
| supra- | above or excessive |
| sym- | together or with |
| syn- | together or with |
| tachy- | fast |
| tax/o | order or coordination |
| ten/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| tend/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| tendin/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| test/o | testis (testicle) |
| thalam/o | thalamus (a room) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland or mind |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland (shield) |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland (shield) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| toc/o | labor |
| tom/o | to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| ton/o | tone or tension |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| top/o | place |
| 0 | tox/o |
| tox/o | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| trans- | across or through |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| troph/o | nourishment or development |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| -ula | small |
| -ule | small |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ultra- | beyond or excessive |
| uni- | one |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| uter/o | uterus |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| vagin/o | vagina (sheath) |
| varic/o | swollen or twisted vein |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| vesic/o | bladder or sac |
| vesicul/o | bladder or sac |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| vulv/o | vulva (covering) |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| -y | condition or process of |
| abnormal | para- |
| abnormal reduction | -penia |
| above | hyper-, super-, supra- |
| across | dia-, trans- |
| adrenal gland | adrenal/o |
| after | post-, meta- |
| again | re- |
| against | anti-, contra- |
| air | aer/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o |
| air sac | alveol/o |
| airway | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| all | pan- |
| alongside of | para- |
| alveolus | alveol/o |
| anus | an/o |
| anus and rectum | proct/o |
| aorta | aort/o |
| apart | dis- |
| appendix | appendic/o |
| arm | brachi/o |
| around | circum-, peri- |
| artery | arteri/o |
| atrium | atri/o |
| attraction for | -phil, -philia |
| away | e-, ec-, ex- |
| away from | ab- |
| back | re- |
| backward | retro- |
| bacteria | bacteri/o |
| basin | pyel/o |
| before | ante-, pre-, pro- |
| beginning | -arche |
| behind | post-, retro- |
| below | hypo-, infra-, sub- |
| bent | lord/o |
| between | inter- |
| beyond | meta-, ultra- |
| bile | bil/i, chol/e |
| bile duct | choledoch/o |
| binding | -desis |
| birth | nat/i, toc/o |
| black | melan/o |
| bladder | cyst/o, vesic/o, vesicul/o |
| blood | hem/o, hemat/o |
| blood condition | -emia |
| blue | cyan/o |
| body | somat/o |
| bone | oste/o |
| bone marrow | myel/o |
| both | ambi-, bi- |
| brain | cerebr/o (largest part of brain), encephal/o (entire brain) |
| breaking down | -lysis |
| breast | mamm/o, mast/o |
| breathing | -pnea, spir/o |
| bronchus | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
| bud | -blast, blast/o |
| burst forth | -rrhage, -rrhagia |
| calculus | lith/o |
| cancer | carcin/o |
| carbon dioxide | capn/o, carb/o |
| carry | phor/o |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| cavity (sinus) | atri/o, sin/o |
| cell | cyt/o |
| cerebellum | cerebell/o |
| cervix | cervic/o |
| change | meta- |
| cheek | bucc/o |
| chest | pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o |
| 0 | child |
| child | ped/o |
| circle | coron/o |
| clear fluid | lymph/o |
| clot | thromb/o |
| colon | col/o, colon/o |
| colon, sigmoid | sigmoid/o |
| color | chrom/o, chromat/o |
| colored circle | irid/o, ir/o |
| condition | -osis |
| condition of | -ia, -ism, -ium, -y |
| contraction, involuntary | -spasm |
| coordination | tax/o |
| cornea | corne/o, kerat/o |
| correct | ortho- |
| creation of an opening | -stomy |
| crooked | ankyl/o |
| crown | coron/o |
| crushing | -tripsy |
| cut (to cut) | tom/o |
| death | necr/o |
| deficient | hypo-, olig/o |
| development | troph/o |
| diaphragm | phren/o |
| different | hetero- |
| difficult | dys- |
| digit (finger or toe) | dactyl/o |
| dilation or expansion | -ectasis |
| discharge | -rrhea |
| disease | path/o |
| dissolution | -lysis |
| division | schiz/o |
| down | de- |
| downward placement | -ptosis |
| dry | xer/o |
| duct | doch/o |
| duodenum | duoden/o |
| ear | aur/i, ot/o |
| eardrum | myring/o, tympan/o |
| eat or swallow | phag/o |
| egg | ov/i, ov/o |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| enzyme | -ase |
| epididymis | epididym/o |
| equal | iso- |
| esophagus | esophag/o |
| eustachian tube | salping/o |
| examination | -scopy |
| excessive | hyper-, super-, supra-, ultra- |
| excision (removal) | -ectomy |
| expansion or dilation | -ectasis |
| extremity | acr/o |
| eye | ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o |
| eyelid | blephar/o |
| falling | -ptosis |
| fallopian tube | salping/o |
| fascia | fasci/o |
| fast | tachy- |
| fat | adip/o, ather/o, lip/o, steat/o |
| faulty | dys- |
| fear, exaggerated | phob/o |
| femur | femor/o |
| few | olig/o |
| fiber | fibr/o |
| fixation | -pexy |
| flesh | sarc/o |
| foot | pod/o, ped/o |
| form | morph/o |
| formation | -plasia, plas/o, -poiesis |
| formation of | -lasis |
| four | quadri- |
| from | de- |
| fungus | myc/o |
| ganglion | gangli/o |
| gas | aer/o |
| germ or bud | -blast, blast/o |
| gland | aden/o |
| glans penis | balan/o |
| glassy | vitre/o |
| glomerulus | glomerul/o |
| glue | gli/o |
| good | eu- |
| groin | inguin/o |
| gums | gingiv/o |
| hair | trich/o |
| half | hemi-, semi- |
| hard | kerat/o, scler/o |
| head | cephal/o |
| hearing | acous/o, audi/o |
| hearing condition | -acusis |
| heart | cardi/o |
| heat | therm/o |
| hernia | -cele, herni/o |
| hip bone | pelv/i |
| hormone | hormon/o |
| humped-back | kyph/o |
| ileum | ile/o |
| incision | -tomy |
| increase | -osis |
| inflammation | -itis |
| instrument for examination | -scope |
| instrument for measuring | -meter |
| instrument for recording | -graph |
| jejunum (empty) | jejun/o |
| joint | arthr/o, articul/o |
| juice | chyl/o |
| ketone bodies | ket/o, keton/o |
| kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kneecap |
| kneecap | patell/o |
| knowing | gnos/o |
| labor | toc/o |
| large | macro- |
| larynx | laryng/o |
| left or on the left side | sinistr/o |
| lens | phac/o, phak/o |
| light | phot/o |
| like | iso- |
| lip | cheil/o |
| liver | hepat/o, hepatic/o |
| lobe | lob/o |
| loin (lower back) | lumb/o |
| long | macro- |
| macro- | lung |
| lung | pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o |
| male | andr/o |
| many | multi-, poly- |
| measuring, instrument for | -meter |
| measuring, process of | -metry |
| meninges | mening/o, meningi/o |
| menstruation | men/o |
| milk | lact/o |
| mind | psych/o, phren/o, thym/o |
| mouth | or/o, stomat/o |
| movement | kinesi/o |
| muscle | muscul/o, my/o, myos/o |
| nail | onych/o |
| narrow | sten/o |
| near | ad- |
| neck | cervic/o |
| nerve | neur/o |
| net | reticul/o |
| new | neo- |
| normal | eu-, ortho- |
| nose | nas/o, rhin/o |
| not | de- |
| nourishment | troph/o |
| oil | seb/o |
| old age | presby- |
| one | mono- |
| one who specializes in | -ist |
| one who specializes in the study or treatment of | -logist |
| opening | glott/o, meat/o |
| opposed to | anti-, contra- |
| order | tax/o |
| origin | gen/o, -gen, -genesis |
| out | e-, ec-, ex- |
| outside | ecto-, exo-, extra- |
| ovary | oophor/o, ovari/o |
| oxygen | ox/o |
| pain | -algia, -dynia |
| painful | dys- |
| palate | palat/o |
| pancreas | pancreat/o |
| paralysis | -plegia |
| paralysis, slight | -paresis |
| perineum | perine/o |
| peritoneum | peritone/o |
| pertaining to | -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic |
| pharynx | pharyng/o |
| place | top/o |
| pleura | pleur/o |
| poison | tox/o, toxic/o |
| portion | lob/o |
| pouching | -cele |
| presence of | -iasis |
| process | -ation |
| process of | -y |
| production | gen/o, -gen, -genesis |
| prostate | prostat/o |
| protein | albumin/o |
| pulse | sphygm/o |
| puncture for aspiration | -centesis |
| purple | purpur/o |
| pus | py/o |
| pylorus | pylor/o |
| radius | radi/o |
| record | -gram |
| recording, process of | -graphy |
| rectum | proct/o, rect/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| resembling | -oid |
| reticulum | reticul/o |
| retina | retin/o |
| rib | cost/o |
| right or on the right side | dextr/o |
| rod shaped | rhabd/o |
| rupture | -rrhexis |
| sac | cyst/o, vesic/o, vesicul/o |
| safe | immun/o |
| saliva | sial/o |
| same | homo- |
| scale | squam/o |
| sclera | scler/o |
| sebum | seb/o |
| secrete | crin/o |
| seizure | -lepsy |
| self | auto- |
| sensation | esthesi/o |
| sensitivity, exaggerated | phob/o |
| separate from | dis- |
| sigmoid colon | sigmoid/o |
| sinus | sinus/o |
| skeletal | rhabd/o |
| skin | cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
| skull | crani/o |
| sleep | hypn/o, somn/i, somn/o |
| slow | brady- |
| small | -icle, micro-, -ole, -ula, -ule |
| small intestine | enter/o |
| smooth | lei/o |
| softening | -malacia |
| sound | phon/o, son/o |
| sheath | vagin/o |
| specializes, one who | -ist |
| speech | phas/o |
| sperm | sperm/o, spermat/o |
| spinal cord | myel/o |
| spine | spin/o |
| spleen | splen/o |
| split | schiz/o |
| sternum | stern/o |
| stiff | ankyl/o |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| stone | lith/o |
| stop or stand | -stasis |
| straight | orth/o |
| striated | rhabd/o |
| structure | -ium |
| study of | -logy |
| study of, one who specializes in the | -logist |
| stupor | narc/o |
| sugar | gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o |
| surgical repair or reconstruction | -plasty |
| suspension | -pexy |
| suture | -rrhaphy |
| swallow | phag/o |
| sweat | hidr/o |
| sweat, profuse | diaphor/o |
| tear | dacry/o, lacrim/o |
| teeth | dent/i |
| tendon | ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o |
| tension | ton/o |
| testis (testicle) | orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o |
| thalamus | thalam/o |
| thick | pachy- |
| thirst | dips/o |
| three | tri- |
| three-dimensional or solid | stere/o |
| throat | pharyng/o |
| through | dia-, per-, trans- |
| thymus gland | thym/o |
| thyroid gland | thyr/o, thyroid/o |
| tissue | hist/o, -ium |
| to or toward | ad- |
| together | con-, sym-, syn- |
| tone | ton/o |
| tongue | gloss/o, lingu/o |
| tonsil | tonsill/o |
| topmost | acr/o |
| trachea | trache/o |
| treatment | -iactrics, -iatry, -iatr/o |
| treatment of, one who specializes in the | -logist |
| tumor | -oma, onc/o |
| twisted | scoli/o |
| two | bi- |
| ulna | uln/o |
| under | infra-, sub- |
| upon | epi- |
| ureter | ureter/o |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| urine | ur/o, urin/o |
| uterine tube | salping/o |
| uterus | hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o |
| vagina | colp/o, vagin/o |
| vein | phleb/o, ven/o |
| vein, swollen or twisted | varic/o |
| ventricle | ventricul/o |
| vertebra | vertebr/o, spondyl/o |
| vessel | angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o |
| vision, condition of | -opia |
| voice | phon/o |
| voice box | laryng/o |
| vomiting | -emesis |
| vulva | vulv/o, episi/o |
| water | aque/o, hydr/o |
| wax | cerumin/o |
| weakness | -asthenia |
| white | leuc/o, leuk/o |
| windpipe | trache/o |
| with | con-, sym-, syn- |
| within | en-, endo-, intra- |
| without | a-, an- |
| woman | gynec/o |
| gynec/o | word, phrase |
| word, phrase | lex/o |
| yellow | xanth/o |