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Prefix/Suffixes
Microbiology and Patholgy
| a- | negative, without, away from |
| ab-, abs- | away from |
| acet-, aceto- | pertaining to acetic acid |
| adip- | fat |
| -aemia | blood |
| aer- | air |
| af- | toward |
| agglutin- | to glue together |
| al- | pertaining to |
| algesia-, algia- | suffering, pain |
| aliment- | food |
| all- | other |
| alveol- | small cavity |
| amb- | both, on both sides |
| amylo- | starch |
| an- | without, lack of, negative |
| ana- | up, back |
| andro- | male |
| angio- | vessel |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti-, ant- | against |
| append- | to hang something |
| aqua-, aque- | water |
| arthro- | joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asis | state, condition |
| asco- | bag, sac |
| astro- | star |
| aut-, auto- | self |
| azo-,azot-, azoto- | presence of nitrogen |
| bacill-, bacilli- | cylinder |
| bacteri-, bacterio- | denoting bacteria |
| baro- | pressure |
| basidi- | small pedistal |
| bi- | two |
| bio- | life,live |
| biota- | living organisms |
| blast- | formative cell, budding precursor |
| bronch- | windpipe, airway |
| cac- caco- | bad, evil |
| calc-, calci-, calco- | calcium |
| calori- | heat |
| carb-, carbo- | having carbon or carboxyle |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi-, cardio-, cardia- | heart |
| -caryo | nucleus |
| cat-, cata-, cath- | down |
| cellul- | cell or cellular |
| chole- | cartilage |
| chromo-,chrome- | pigmen,color |
| cide- | causing death, kill |
| circum- | around |
| co-, com-, con- | together, with, to share |
| cocco- | sphere |
| coryne- | club |
| crine- | to seperate,to secrete |
| cry-, cryo- | cold |
| crypto- | hidden |
| ctye-, cyto- | a cell |
| dent- | relating to teeth |
| di- | twice,two |
| dia- | through |
| dipl-, diplo- | double |
| edem- | swell |
| ef | out |
| es- | out |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | out |
| emesis- | vomiting |
| emia- | blood |
| end-, endo- | inside, within |
| entero- | intestine |
| epi- | on,upon |
| erythro- | red |
| eu- | true |
| ferent- | carry |
| ferr- | icon |
| fuge- | to drive away |
| gene-, genic- | producing,formation |
| genetic-, genesis- | producing,formation |
| gen- | to produce, origin |
| gingiv- | gums |
| glyco- | sugar, sweet |
| halo- | salt, saltwater |
| hem- | blood |
| hema-, hemato- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepato- | liver |
| histo- | tissue |
| holo- | entire |
| homeo-,homo- | same |
| hyal-, hyalo- | glass |
| hydro- | water |
| hyo- | 'U' Shaped |
| hyper- | above, above normal, more |
| hypo- | below, under |
| iasis- | condition, pathological state, disease condition |
| immun-, immuno- | resistance |
| in- | in, into |
| infra- | beneath |
| intra- | within, inside |
| inter- | between |
| iris- | rainbow |
| iso- | same, equal |
| itis- | inflammation |
| juxta- | near |
| karyo- | nucleus |
| leuco-, leuko- | white |
| lip-, lipo- | fat |
| lith- | a stone, mineral |
| logia-, logy- | science of, study of |
| lymph-, lympho- | lymphatic system |
| lyso-, lysis-, lyze- | split, rupture,dissolution, disintegration |
| macro- | big, large |
| mal- | abnormal, bad |
| med-, medi- | middle |
| mega- | big |
| meso- | middle |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | single,one |
| morpho- | form, shape |
| multi- | many, much |
| mycet-, myco- myc- | fungus |
| -mycin | substance from fungus |
| natri- | sodium |
| necro- | dead |
| neo- | new |
| nephr-, nephra- nephro- | kidney |
| neur-, neuro- | nerve |
| niter-, nitro- | nitrogen |
| non- not- | no |
| noso- | disease |
| ole-, ola- | small |
| ology- | the study of |
| oma- | tumor, swelling |
| onco- | mass, tumor |
| oro- | mouth |
| ose- | sugar, carbohydrate |
| osis- | state, condition |
| osteon- osteo- | bone |
| oxy- | oxygen |
| pan- | all,many, entire |
| para- | like, beyond, beside |
| patho- path-, pathy-, | disease |
| pedia- | child |
| peri- | around |
| phag | eat |
| phil- | love,affinity for |
| phobe- phobia- | fear |
| photo- | light |
| phylaxis- | a guard |
| physio- | nature |
| phyte- | plant |
| pino- | to drink |
| plas- | form,grow-plasia, formation |
| plasm- | to mold |
| pleo- | multiple, more |
| pneu- | relating to the air or lungs |
| pneumo- | ari, gas, lungs, pulmonary |
| podo- | foot |
| poie-, poiesis- | making |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before |
| presby- | old |
| pro- | in behalf of , before |
| pseud- | false |
| psych- | the mind, the sould |
| psychr- | cold |
| pterygo- | wing |
| py-, pyo- | pus |
| pyro- | fever/heat |
| rhage-, rhagia- | hemorrhage, flow |
| rhiz-, rhizo- | root |
| rrhagia- | burst forth, pour, excessive, discharge |
| rrhea- | flow, discharge |
| saccar-, saccharo- | sugar |
| scler-, sclero- | hard |
| sclerosis- | dryness, hardness |
| scope-, scopy- | to see, examine |
| semi- | half |
| septic- | infection, putrid |
| sis- | state or condition |
| stasis- | stop, stand still |
| strat- | layer |
| stylo- | stake, pole |
| sub- | below |
| super-, supra- | above,upon |
| syn- | together |
| tax-, taxi-, taxo- | arrangement, orientation |
| taxia- taxis-, | arrangement, orientation |
| terato- | monster |
| therm-, thermo- | heat, high temperature |
| tetra- | four |
| thio- | sulfar |
| tox-, toxi-, toxo- | poison, toxic |
| trans- | across, through |
| tri- | three |
| trophie- | nourishing |
| tropho- | changing,influencing |
| uni- | one |
| uria- | relating to urine |
| venter-, ventro- | the abdomen,belly |
| villi- | hairy |
| vitre- | glass |
| xanth- | yellow |
| zygo- | joined together |
| zym-, zymo- zyme- | enzyme, ferment |
| albicanus | white |
| albus | white |
| aurum (aureus) | gold |
| leukous | white |
| luteus | yellow |
| niger | black |
| ruber | red |
| rosa | rose |
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