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Root/pre/suffix
PTCE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardi | heart |
| cyst | bladder |
| derma | skin |
| dont | teeth |
| gastro | stomach |
| glyc | sugar |
| hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| lingu | tongue |
| mast | breast |
| my | muscle |
| nephr | nerve |
| ocul | eye |
| opia | vision |
| oste | bone |
| ot | ear |
| partum | bring forth |
| pector | chest |
| pneumon | lung |
| thorax | chest |
| ven | vein |
| a | without |
| ambi | both |
| ante | before |
| bi | two or both |
| brady | slow |
| chlor | green |
| circum | around |
| cirrh | yellow |
| con | with |
| contra | against |
| cyan | blue |
| dia | across or through |
| dipl | double |
| dis | separate from or apart |
| dys | painful, difficult |
| ec | away or out |
| ec | away or out |
| ecto | outside |
| en | in, within |
| endo | within |
| epi | upon |
| erythro | red |
| eso | inward |
| eu | good or normal |
| exo | outside |
| hemi | half |
| heter | different |
| hyper | above or excessive |
| hypo | below or deficient |
| im | not |
| immun | safe, protected |
| in | not |
| infra | below or under |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| iso | equal |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat |
| macro | large |
| medi | middle |
| meta | beyond, after, changing |
| micro | small |
| mid | middle |
| mono | one |
| multi | many |
| neo | new |
| pachy | heavy, thick |
| pan | all |
| para | alongside of or abnormal |
| peri | around |
| polio | gray |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | before |
| pseudo | false |
| purpur | purple |
| quandri | four |
| re | again or back |
| retro | after |
| rube | red |
| semi | half |
| sub | below or under |
| super | above or excessive |
| supra | above or excessive |
| sym, syn | with |
| trans | across, through |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond or excessive |
| uni | one |
| xanth | yellow |
| xero | dry |
| ac, al, ar, ary | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | without strength |
| blast | immature cell |
| cele | pouching or hernia |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| cynia | pain |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| ectomy | removal |
| edema | swelling |
| ema | condition |
| emesis | vomitting |
| emia | blood condition |
| esthenia | lack of sensation |
| genic | origin or production |
| gram | record |
| graphy | recording process |
| ia | condition of |
| iasis | condition, formation of |
| iatry | treatment |
| icle | small |
| ism | condition of |
| itis | inflammation |
| ium | tissue or structure |
| lepsy | seizure |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breaking down, dissolution |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| metry | measuring process |
| myc | fungus |
| oid | resembling |
| ole | small |
| ology | study of |
| y | condition, process of |
| urea | urination |
| ula, ule | small |
| tropy | nutrition, growth |
| tropic | stimulate |
| tropea | to turn |
| tomy | incision |
| tic | pertaining to |
| stomy | new opening |
| stasis | stop or stand |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| scopy | examination |
| sclerosis | hardness |
| rrhage | to burst forth |
| porosis | condition of pores, spaces |
| polesis | formation, production |
| pnea | breathing |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| plasty | surgical repair, reconstruction |
| oma | tumor |
| opia, opsia | vision |
| orexia | appetitte |
| ose | full of, pertaining to |
| osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| osmia | smell |
| ous | pertaining to |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phagia | swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| philic | attraction for |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation, development |