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Med Terms-Suffixes
Suffixes, prefixes and comb forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| intra- | within |
| dia- | between; through; complete |
| ana- | up; apart |
| ex- | out, out from |
| infra- | below; inferior to |
| para- | beside; along side, near |
| ab- | away from |
| ultra- | beyond; in excess |
| poster/o- | posterior, behind, toward the back |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| ect/o- | outside; outward |
| per- | through |
| super- | above; upper, excessive |
| inter- | between |
| ad- | to; toward |
| ante- | before; in front of; forward |
| de- | lack of; down; away from |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| ec- | out, out from |
| extra- | outside; outward |
| meta- | change; beyond, after, over |
| pachy- | thick |
| tetra- | four |
| dys- | painful; difficult; bad |
| amphi- | both sides |
| hydr/o- | water |
| dipl/o- | double; two-fold |
| mal- | bad |
| dextr/o- | right side |
| epi- | upon; above |
| pan- | all |
| syn- | together; with, joined |
| primi- | first |
| an- | without; lack of |
| auto- | self |
| medi- | middle |
| tachy- | fast |
| dipl- | double; two-fold |
| multi- | many, much |
| sub- | under, below |
| meso- | middle |
| ambi- | both |
| sinistr/o- | left side |
| retro- | behind; backward |
| pseud/o- | false |
| im- | not; in |
| anti- | against |
| com- | together |
| quad- | four |
| ex/o- | outside, outward |
| mon/o- | one |
| homo- | same |
| poly- | many, much |
| mid- | middle |
| post- | after; behind |
| macro- | large; visible to the naked eye |
| re- | back; again |
| semi- | part of; half |
| pro- | before |
| endo- | within |
| brady- | slow |
| ar- | without; lack of |
| sym- | together; with, joined |
| hyper- | above, excessive; beyond |
| con- | together |
| di- | two |
| hyper- | below; deficient; under |
| bi- | two |
| in- | not, in |
| neo- | new |
| hemi- | half |
| co- | together |
| tri- | three |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| em- | in |
| cata- | down |
| micro- | small; not visible to the naked eye |
| en- | in |
| trans- | through, across |
| anter/o- | front |
| is/o- | equal |
| later/o- | side |
| anis/o- | unequal; dissimilar |
| hidr/o- | sweat |
| uni- | one |
| circum- | around |
| a- | without; lack of |
| dors/o- | back |
| heter/o- | different |
| scler/o- | hard |
| quadri- | four |
| tuber- | swelling |
| ur/o- | urine |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| meat/o- | meatus |
| albumin/o- | albumin |
| ureter/o- | ureter |
| bacteri/o- | bacteria |
| noct/o- | night |
| py/o- | pus |
| cyst/o- | bladder |
| glomerul/o- | glomerulus |
| ren/o- | kidney |
| vesic/o- | bladder |
| nephr/o- | kidney |
| urethr/o- | urethra |
| pyle/o- | renal pelvis |
| olig/o- | scanty |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| ket/o-, keton/o- | ketones, acetone |
| azot/o- | urea, nitrogen |
| medull/o- | medulla |
| cortic/o- | cortex |
| cali/o | calyx, calyces |
| gluco- | sugar |
| glyco- | sugar |
| cephal/o- | head |
| brachi- | arm |
| chole- | bile; gall |
| carp- | wrist |
| cheil- | lip |
| cerebr/o- | brain |
| cervico- | neck |
| cholangi/o- | bile duct |
| chir/o- | hand |
| chlor/o- | green |
| ather/o- | plaque; fatty substance |
| auro/o- | ear |
| bi/o- | life |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| acr/o- | extremity |
| aden/o- | gland |
| albin/o- | white |
| blephar/o- | eyelid |
| ambly/o- | dimness |
| andr/o- | male |
| angi/o- | vessel |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| coron/o- | heart |
| dips/o- | thirst |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| cyst/o- | cyst, bladder, sac |
| cyt/o- | cell |
| gen/o- | producing; produced by |
| derm/o-, dermat/o- | skin |
| cost/o- | rib |
| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| dacry/o- | tear |
| colp, colp/o- | vagina |
| erythr/o- | red |
| estr/o- | female |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| enter/o- | small intestine |
| gloss/o- | tongue |
| dactyl/o- | fingers, toes |
| cis/o- | to cut |
| gynec/o- | female |
| encephal/o- | brain |
| mening/o- | membrane |
| ment- | mind |
| metr/o- | uterus |
| my/o- | muscle |
| lacrim/o- | tear |
| hyster/o- | uterus |
| myel/o- | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| is/o- | equal |
| leuk/o- | white |
| lip/o- | fat |
| onc/o- | tumor |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| lith/o- | stone, calculus |
| mamm/o- | breast |
| inguin/o- | groin |
| hem/o-, hemat/o- | blood |
| mast/o- | breast |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| hist/o- | tissue |
| port/o- | liver |
| proct/o- | rectum |
| somat/o- | body |
| phleb/o- | vein |
| proxim/o- | toward; nearer |
| pyr/o- | fever; fire |
| vas/o- | vessel |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| spondyl/o- | vertebrae |
| ophthalm/o- | eye |
| orchid/o- | testes |
| ventr/o- | belly side of the body |
| ot/o- | ear |
| ped- | foot |
| oste/o- | bone |
| steth/o- | chest |
| viscer/o- | internal organs |
| ven/o- | vein |
| phag/o- | eat |
| salping/o- | tube |
| juxta- | near |
| uni- | one |
| myc/o- | fungus |
| vir/o- | virus |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| illi/o- | illium |
| mega-, megal/o- | large |
| rachi/o- | spine |
| syring/o- | tube |
| ammon/o- | ammonium |
| urin/o- | urine |
| aneurysm/o- | aneurysm |
| aort/o- | aorta |
| arteriol/o- | arteriole |
| atri/o- | atrium |
| embol/o- | embolus |
| isch/o | suppress, restrain |
| palpitat/o- | flutter |
| presby/o- | aging |
| valv/o-, valvul/o- | valve |
| varic/o- | varicose veins |
| ventricul/o- | ventricle of the heart, or brain |
| venul/o- | venule |
| phren/o- | diaphragm |
| col/o-, colon/o- | colon |
| esophag/o- | esophagus |
| or/o- | mouth |
| nas/o- | nose |
| rect/o- | rectum |
| granul/o- | granules |
| kal/i- | potassium |
| neutr/o- | neutral |
| norm/o- | normal |
| poikil/o- | irregular, varied |
| eosin/o- | red, rosy |
| thromb/o- | blood clot |
| toxic/o- | poison |
| cutane/o- | skin |
| kerat/o- | cornea, horny tissue |
| onych/o- | nail |
| trich/o- | hair |
| ungu/o- | nail |
| alveol/o- | alveoli |
| bronch/o- | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o- | bronchiole |
| capn/o- | carbon dioxide |
| ox/o- | oxygen |
| coni/o- | dust, pollutant |
| anthrac/o- | coal dust |
| epiglott/o- | epiglottis |
| laryng/o- | larynx |
| lob/o- | lobe |
| mediastin/o- | mediastinum |
| pector/o- | chest |
| phas/o- | speech |
| phon/o- | voice, sound |
| phren/o- | diaphragm, mind |
| pleur/o- | pleura |
| pneum/o-- | lung, air |
| pneumon/o- | lung, air |
| pulmon/o- | lung |
| sept/o | septum, partition |
| sinus/o- | sinus cavity |
| spir/o- | breathe |
| therm/o- | heat |
| thorac/o- | chest |
| trache/o- | trachea |
| asthen/o- | weakness |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| acous/o- | hearing |
| acoust/o- | hearing, sound |
| audi/o- | hearing |
| cochle/o- | cochlea |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o- | pupil |
| ir/o-, irid/o- | iris |
| myring/o- | eardrum |
| ocul/o- | eye |
| phac/o, phak/o- | lens |
| phot/o- | light |
| pupill/o- | pupil |
| retin/o- | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| staped/o | stapes |
| tympan/o- | eardrum |
| uve/o- | uvea |
| vitri/o- | vitreous body, glassy |
| adenoid/o- | adenoids |
| axill/o- | armpit |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| lymph/o- | lymph |
| tonsill/o- | tonsils |
| pharyng/o- | pharynx |
| atel/o- | incomplete, imperfect |
| oxy/o- | oxygen |
| sphygm/o- | pulse |
| cholesterol/o- | cholesterol |
| hemangi/o- | blood vessel |
| ab- | away from |
| ana- | up |
| scler- | hard |
| eu- | good, normal |
| denti-, odonto- | tooth, teeth |
| glauc/o- | gray |
| iatr/o | relationship to a MD,physician; medicine |
| aer/o- | air |
| carcin/o- | Ca, cancerous |
| caud/o- | tail |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| chrom/o- | color |
| ichthyl/o- | scaly, dry |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| melang/o- | black |
| mening/o- | membrane |
| ortho- | straight, upright |
| poikio- | variable, irregular |
| psych/o- | mind |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o- | x-rays |
| top/o- | place, position, location |
| inhal- | to breathe in |
| cric- | ring (cricoid cartilage) |
| -algia | pain |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -ia | condition |
| -crit | to separate |
| -arche | beginning |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -desis | fixation, binding (of bone,joint) |
| -gen | born, or producing |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -dynia | pain |
| -kinesis | movement, motion |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
| -icle | small |
| -glia | glue |
| -emia | blood |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -cide | to kill |
| -ecstasis | dilation, stretching, expansion |
| -clasis | break, fracture |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -globin | protein |
| -clysis | injection |
| -cyte | cell |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gram | record, a writing |
| -logist | specialist (in the study of) |
| -malacia | softening |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -y | process |
| -logy | study of |
| -mania | madness |
| -ole | small |
| -para | to bear offspring |
| -rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth |
| -oma | tumor |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -plasm | formation |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -opia | vision |
| -version | to turn |
| -pexy | fixation; to put in place (of an organ) |
| -ula, -ule | small |
| -osis | abnormal (morbid) condition; increase (as with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease, emotion |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -stomy | new opening, forming an opening |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -mnesia | memory |
| -penia | deficiency, decrease |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -scopy | visual inspection |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -phasia | speech |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -toxic | poison |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -phonia | sound, voice |
| -plasia | development; formation, growth |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -stasis | stopping, control, standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -plasy | surgical repair |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| -phoresis | borne, carried |
| -stitial | pertaining to space |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| blast/o- | embryonic cell |
| agranul/o- | without granules |
| spher/o- | sphere |
| immun/o- | immunity, safe |
| reticul/o- | net, mesh |
| thym/o- | thymus |
| morph/o- | shape |
| bas/o- | base, basic |
| nucle/o- | nucleus |
| sider/o- | iron |
| thrombocyt/o- | platelet |
| -algesia | pain |
| calc/o- | calcium |
| -uria | urine |
| -chrome | color |
| -tension | pressure |
| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
| Reticulocyte | immature red blood cell |
| -osmia | smell |
| -plakia | plate |
| scirr/o- | hard |
| sarc/o- | flesh |
| onc/o- | tumor, mass |
| bast/o- | embryonic |
| cry/o- | frozen |
| papill/o- | wart; nipple-like protuberance or elevation |
| leiomy/o- | smooth visceral muscle |
| kerat/o- | nucleus |
| rrhabdomyo | striated skeletal muscle |
| labyrinth/o | maze, labyrinth, inner ear |
| mastoid/o- | mastoid process |
| salping/o- | eustachian tube, oviduct |
| staped/o- | stapes |
| tympang/o- | tympanic membrane |
| acous/o- | hearing |
| bar/o- | pressure, weight |
| cerumin/o- | cerumen, ear wax |
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