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Medical Terminology
Chpt 2: Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| ab-, abs- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ambi- | both |
| an- | without |
| ana- | toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| apo- | separate |
| aut (o)- | self |
| bi- | double |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| circum- | around |
| co-, col-, com-, con-, cor- | together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | away from |
| di-, dif-, dir-, dis- | separated, not |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | abnormal |
| ect (o)- | outside |
| end (o)- | within |
| epi- | over |
| eu- | well, good, normal |
| ex- | out of, away from |
| exo- | external |
| extra- | without, outside of |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above normal |
| hypo- | below normal |
| infra- | positioned beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | equal |
| mal- | bad; inadequate |
| meg (a)-, megal (o)- | large |
| mes (o)- | middle |
| meta- | after |
| micr (o)- | small, microscopic |
| mon (o)- | single |
| multi- | many |
| olig (o)- | few; little; scanty |
| pan-, pant (o)- | all |
| par (a)- | beside; abnormal; involving two parts |
| per- | through, intensely |
| peri- | around, near |
| pluri- | several |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| quadra-, quadri- | four |
| re- | again, backward |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | less than, under, inferior |
| super- | more than, above, superior |
| supra- | above |
| syl-, sym-, syn-, sis- | together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| un- | not |
| uni- | one |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | immature, forming |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -clast | breaking instrument |
| -crine | secreting |
| -crit | separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasia | expansion, dilation |
| -ectasis | expanding, dilating |
| -ectomy | removal of |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -emic | relating to blood |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -from | in the shape of |
| -gen | producing |
| -genesis | production of |
| -genic | producing |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -gram | a recording |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | pathological condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ics | treatment, practice, body of knowledge |
| -ism | condition, disease, doctrine |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -lepsy | condition of |
| -leptic | having seizures |
| -logist | one who practices |
| -logy | study, practice |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | obsession |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measuring device |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -ostomy | opening |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -para | bearing |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -parous | bearing; producing |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | difficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation, usually done surgically |
| -phage, -phagia, -phagy | eating, devouring |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil | attraction; affinity for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | sound |
| -phoresis | carrying |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -phrenia | of the mind |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | growing |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plastic | forming |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breath |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -poietic | forming |
| -poietin | one that forms |
| -porosis | lessening in density |
| -ptosis | falling down; drooping |
| -rrhage | discharging heavily |
| -rrhagia | heavy discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | a flowing |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -schisis | splitting |
| -scope | instrument for observing or measuring |
| -scopy | use of an instrument for observing |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spasm | contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stat | agent to maintain a state |
| -static | maintaining a state |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | cutting operation |
| -trophic | nutritional |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropic | turning toward |
| -tropy | condition of turning toward |
| -uria | urine |
| -version | turning |
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