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Prefix and Suffix
Prefix and Suffix list
Term | Definition |
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Ante- | front, forward ex: antebrachial |
Brachi- | arm ex: brachial |
Bucco- | Cheek ex: buccinator (cheek muscle) |
Caud- | Tail ex: caudal |
Cephal- | Head ex: cephalic |
Cervic- | Neck, cervix ex: cervical |
Contra- | Against ex: contraceptive |
Crani- | Skull ex: craniotomy |
Cyt- | Cell ex: cytology, cytoplasm |
-cyte | Cell ex: leukocyte, monocyte |
dors- | the back ex: dorsiflexion |
Glute- | buttock ex: gluteus maximus |
Hist- | Tissue ex: histology |
Inter- | Between, among ex: intercellular |
Intra- | within, inside ex: intravenous, intramuscular |
later- | side ex: lateral |
-logist | one who studies or specializes ex: cardiologist |
-logy | the study of ex: biology |
para- | beside, near parathyroid (glands) |
pelv- | pelvis ex: pelvic (bone) |
physic- | body function ex:physiology |
poster- | back,behind ex: posterior |
super- | above ex: superior |
supra- | above ex: supra orbital |
thorac- | chest, thorax ex:thoracic |
-tomy | to cut ex: appendectomy |
trans- | across, over, through ex: transfusion, transthoracic |