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Pharmacy Tech
Root Word, Prefixes, and Suffixes
| Term | Definition | Word Part |
|---|---|---|
| alb | white | root word |
| aden | gland | root word |
| hyster/o | uterus | root word |
| hist/o | body tissue | root word |
| hepat | liver | root word |
| gynec/o | women | root word |
| somat/o | body | root word |
| spir/o | breathing | root word |
| rhin/o | nose | root word |
| ren/o | kidney | root word |
| retin/o | retina | root word |
| proct/o | rectum | root word |
| vesic, vesicul/o | vesicle, bladder | root word |
| vas, vascul/o | blood vessel | root word |
| uria | excess | root word |
| tympan | ear drum | root word |
| stenosis | narrowing | root word |
| phleb/o | vein | root word |
| spondyl/o | spine | root word |
| pan | all | prefix |
| post | after | prefix |
| xer | dry | prefix |
| dys | bad, painful, abnormal | prefix |
| poly | many, excessive | prefix |
| pseudo | false | prefix |
| retro | behind, backward | prefix |
| supra | above | prefix |
| ultra | beyond, excessive | prefix |
| ec | out of | prefix |
| epi | upon, above | prefix |
| ex, exo | out, away from | prefix |
| pro | to go forth | prefix |
| para | near, alongside, abnormal | prefix |
| intra | within, inside | prefix |
| meta | after, beyond | prefix |
| dia | completely | prefix |
| im | not, without | prefix |
| ecto | out, outside | prefix |
| endo | within, inner | prefix |
| a | without, not , no | prefix |
| ab | away from | prefix |
| ad | toward | prefix |
| ambi | both | prefix |
| an | not, without | prefix |
| bio | life | prefix |
| extra | outside | prefix |
| in | not , without | prefix |
| infra | below, under | prefix |
| inter | between, among | prefix |
| iso | equal | prefix |
| meso | middle | prefix |
| mono | one | prefix |
| neo | new | prefix |
| per | through | prefix |
| super | above, excess | prefix |
| sym, syn | together | prefix |
| trans | across | prefix |
| eu | good, normal | prefix |
| con | together | prefix |
| ante | before | prefix |
| brady | slow | prefix |
| hemi | half | prefix |
| auto | self | prefix |
| osmia | odor, smell | suffix |
| stenosis | narrowing | suffix |
| ac | pertaining to | suffix |
| al | pertaining to | suffix |
| algia | pain | suffix |
| ar, ary | pertaining to | suffix |
| asthenia | weakness | suffix |
| cele | hernia, bulging | suffix |
| cyte | cell | suffix |
| centesis | surgical puncture for removal fluid | suffix |
| dipsia | thirst | suffix |
| dynia | pain | suffix |
| eal | pertaining to | suffix |
| ectasis | dilation or distension of an organ | suffix |
| ectomy | surgical removal | suffix |
| emia | blood condition | suffix |
| genic | producing, forming | suffix |
| gram | record, picture | suffix |
| graphy, graph | instrument for recording | suffix |
| ia | disease, abnormal condition | suffix |
| iasis | pathological condition | suffix |
| iatry | treatment | suffix |
| ic | pertaining to | suffix |
| icle | small | suffix |
| ism | state, condition | suffix |
| itis | inflammation of | suffix |
| ium | metallic element | suffix |
| lepsy | seizure | suffix |
| lith | stone | suffix |
| lysis | breaking down | suffix |
| logy | study of | suffix |
| lytic | destroy, reduce | suffix |
| malacia | softening | suffix |
| megaly | enlarged | suffix |
| meter | measuring instrument | suffix |
| metry | of measuring | suffix |
| oid | resembling, like | suffix |
| oma | tumor | suffix |
| opia, opsia | vision | suffix |
| osis | abnormal condition | suffix |
| scopy | process of viewing | suffix |
| spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction | suffix |
| scope | instrument to view | suffix |
| sclerosis | hardening | suffix |
| rrhea | flow, discharge | suffix |
| rrhage | blood bursting forth | suffix |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke | suffix |
| plasty | surgical repair | suffix |
| plasia | formation | suffix |
| phobia | fear of | suffix |
| philia | attraction to | suffix |
| ula, ule | small | suffix |
| tropic, tropia | turning | suffix |
| uria | urine, urination | suffix |
| trophy | nourishment, development | suffix |
| toxic | poison | suffix |
| tripsy | rubbing, crushing | suffix |
| tocia | conditions of labor | suffix |
| tomy | incision, cut | suffix |
| tic | pertaining to | suffix |
| therapy | treatment | suffix |
| stomy | artificial opening | suffix |
| stasis | control, stop | suffix |
| ous | processing, full of | suffix |
| paresis | incomplete, partial | suffix |
| path, pathy | disease | suffix |
| penia | deficiency, decreased number | suffix |
| pepsia | digestion | suffix |
| phagia | eating, swallowing | suffix |