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Prefixes/ Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | Without |
| ante-, pre-, pro- | Before |
| bi-, diplo- | Two |
| brady- | Slow |
| circum- | Around |
| de- | Away from |
| dia-, trans- | Through |
| dys- | Abnormal, Painful, Difficult |
| ecto- | Outside |
| endo- | Within |
| epi- | Upon, Over |
| eu- | Normal, Good |
| ex-, exo-, extra, | Out of, Away from, Outside |
| hemi-. semi- | Half |
| hyper-, poly- | Above normal, Excessive |
| hypo-, sub- | Below normal, Below, Underneath, Inferior |
| inter- | Between |
| intra- | Within |
| iso- | Same |
| mal- | Bad, Not adequate |
| megalo-, mega-, macro- | Large, Big |
| micro- | Small, Tiny |
| mono- | One |
| multi-, pluri- | Many |
| oligo- | Few, Scanty, Sparse |
| pan- | All |
| peri- | Around |
| post- | After, Following |
| quadra-, quadri- | Four |
| re- | Again, Backward |
| super-, supra, | Above, Superior, More |
| tachy- | Fast, Abnormally fast |
| ultra- | Beyond |
| uni- | One, Single |
| Suffixes | Suffixes |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ia, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic | Pertaining to, Condition of |
| -ad | Toward |
| -algia, -dynia | Pain |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -blast | Baby, Immature |
| -cele | Hernia, Abnormal Protrusion |
| -cide, -cidal | Killing, Destroy |
| -crine | To secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | stretching, dilating |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -edema | swelling, fluid accumulation |
| -ema, -iasis, -ism, -lepsy, -osis | condition, abnormal condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic | producing, production, production of, formation |
| -globin, -globulin | protein |
| -gram | recording |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | the study of |
| -lysis, -lytic | destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania, -manic | abnormal preoccupation or obsession |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -meter, -metry | measuring device, processing of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ostomy | formation of a new opening |
| -para, -parous | bearing, producing child |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phage,-phagy, -phagia | to eat or digest |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -phil, -philia | to love |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| --phonia | sound |
| -phrenia, -phrenic | mind, diaphragm |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia -plegic | paralysis |
| -pnea | breath or breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | sagging or drooping |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | heavy discharge |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge flowing |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope -scopy | instrument process of using the instrument |
| -somnia | Sleep |
| -stasis | Stopping |
| -stenosis | Narrowing |
| -stomy | Opening |
| -tome | Instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | The process of cutting |
| -trophic -trophy | Nutrition |
| -uria | Urine |
| -version | Turning |