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Medical Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms for Biology and Healthcare

term definition
1. (suffix) -emia blood condition
2. (prefix) ab- away from
3. (combining term) neur/o nerve
4. (suffix) -lysis destruction, breakdown
5. (prefix) dys- bad, painful, difficult
6. (combining term) cardi/o heart
7. (suffix) -itis inflammation
8. (prefix) peri- around
9. (suffix) -algia pain
10. (combining term) gastr/o stomach
11. (prefix) endo- within, inner
12. (suffix) -oma tumor, mass
13. (combining term) hepat/o liver
14. (prefix) intra- within
15. (suffix) -pathy disease
16. (combining term) oste/o bone
fast, rapid
18. (suffix) -gram record, picture
19. (combining term) cyt/o cell
20. (prefix) hyper- excessive, above normal
21. (suffix) -scopy visual examination
22. (combining term) hemat/o blood
23. (prefix) hypo- below, deficient
24. (suffix) -phobia fear
25. (combining term) arthr/o joint
26. (prefix) inter- between
27. (suffix) -genic produced by or in
28. (combining term) derm/o skin
29. (prefix) sub- under, below
30. (suffix) -megaly enlargement
31. (combining term) cephal/o head
32. (prefix) trans- across, through
33. (suffix) -stasis stopping, controlling
34. (combining term) my/o muscle
35. (prefix) epi- upon, above
36. (suffix) -tomy incision, cutting into
37. (combining term) encephal/o brain
38. (prefix) retro- backward, behind
39. (suffix) -uria urine condition
40. (combining term) rhin/o nose
41. (prefix) anti- against
42. (suffix) -ic pertaining to
43. (combining term) ophthalm/o eye
44. (prefix) post- after, behind
45. (suffix) -plasty surgical repair
46. (combining term) thorac/o chest
47. (prefix) pre- before
48. (suffix) -ectomy surgical removal
49. (combining term) lapar/o abdomen
50. (prefix) neo- new
51. (suffix) -blast immature cell
52. (combining term) dent/o tooth
53. (prefix) contra- against, opposite
54. (suffix) -rrhea discharge, flow
55. (combining term) pod/o foot
56. (prefix) brady- slow
57. (suffix) -stenosis narrowing
58. (combining term) mast/o breast
59. (prefix) pan- all
60. (suffix) -oma tumor
61. (combining term) nephr/o kidney
62. (prefix) auto- self
63. (suffix) -penia deficiency
64. (combining term) phleb/o vein
65. (prefix) hetero- different
66. (suffix) -rrhage bursting forth (blood)
67. (combining term) pneum/o lung, air
68. (prefix) homo- same
69. (suffix) -genic producing
70. (combining term) crani/o skull
71. (prefix) para- near, beside
72. (suffix) -graphy process of recording
73. (combining term) hyster/o uterus
74. (prefix) macro- large
75. (suffix) -cyte cell
76. (combining term) enter/o intestine
77. (prefix) micro- small
78. (suffix) -osis abnormal condition
79. (combining term) lingu/o tongue
80. (prefix) oligo- few, scanty
81. (suffix) -spasm sudden contraction
82. (combining term) pharyng/o throat
83. (prefix) poly- many
84. (suffix) -iasis abnormal condition
85. (combining term) chol/e bile, gall
86. (prefix) supra- above, upper
87. (suffix) -genic produced by
88. (combining term) trache/o trachea, windpipe
89. (prefix) ultra- beyond
90. (suffix) -ac pertaining to
91. (combining term) col/o colon
92. (prefix) hemi- half
93. (suffix) -ary pertaining to
94. (combining term) cyst/o bladder, sac
95. (prefix) hemi- half
96. (suffix) -centesis surgical puncture
97. (combining term) spondyl/o vertebra
98. (prefix) meta- change, beyond
99. (suffix) -genic origin
100. (combining term) chondr/o cartilage
101. (prefix) circum- around
102. (suffix) -ous pertaining to
103. (combining term) angi/o vessel
104. (prefix) ecto- outside
105. (suffix) -pathy disease
106. (combining term) onc/o tumor
107. (prefix) eu- normal, good
108. (suffix) -scope instrument for viewing
109. (combining term) blephar/o eyelid
110. (prefix) mal- bad
111. (suffix) -rrhaphy surgical suturing
112. (combining term) aden/o gland
113. (prefix) multi- many
114. (suffix) -cele hernia, swelling
115. (combining term) gloss/o tongue
116. (prefix) nulli- none
117. (suffix) -logy study of
118. (combining term) hyster/o womb
119. (prefix) pro- before, forward
120. (suffix) -genic producing
121. (combining term) or/o mouth
122. (prefix) syn- together
123. (suffix) -iasis abnormal condition
124. (combining term) colp/o vagina
125. (prefix) tri- three
126. (suffix) -meter instrument to measure
127. (combining term) myel/o spinal cord, bone marrow
128. (prefix) uni- one
129. (suffix) -plegia paralysis
130. (combining term) ot/o ear
131. (prefix) semi- half
132. (suffix) -genic producing
133. (combining term) path/o disease
134. (prefix) super- above
135. (suffix) -logist specialist
136. (combining term) proct/o rectum, anus
137. (prefix) ab- away from
138. (suffix) -genic creation
139. (combining term) urethr/o urethra
140. (prefix) de- down, from
141. (suffix) -ary pertaining to
142. (combining term) vesic/o bladder
143. (prefix) re- again, back
144. (suffix) -genesis formation
145. (combining term) hyster/o uterus
146. (prefix) in- not, into
147. (suffix) -oid resembling
148. (combining term) sarc/o flesh
149. (prefix) infra- below, under
150. (suffix) -ism condition, process
151. (combining term) thromb/o clot
152. (prefix) inter- between
153. (suffix) -gen that which produces
154. (combining term) endocrin/o endocrine glands
155. (prefix) extra- outside
156. (suffix) -scope instrument
157. (combining term) immun/o immune
158. (prefix) iso- equal
159. (suffix) -tic pertaining to
160. (combining term) gynec/o woman
161. (prefix) ad- toward
162. (suffix) -oma mass
163. (combining term) lapar/o abdomen
164. (prefix) co- with, together
165. (suffix) -ous pertaining to
166. (combining term) crin/o secrete
167. (prefix) de- down
168. (suffix) -ptosis drooping
169. (combining term) hydr/o water
170. (prefix) ex- out, away
171. (suffix) -genic producing
172. (combining term) glyc/o sugar, glucose
173. (prefix) in- into, not
174. (suffix) -mania obsessive preoccupation
175. (combining term) somat/o body
176. (prefix) meso- middle
177. (suffix) -phagia eating, swallowing
178. (combining term) psych/o mind
179. (prefix) non- not
180. (suffix) -stomy creation of an opening
181. (combining term) ur/o urine
182. (prefix) omni- all
183. (suffix) -genic producing
184. (combining term) nat/o birth
185. (prefix) para- beside, near
186. (suffix) -trophy nourishment, development
187. (combining term) toxic/o poison
188. (prefix) tele- distant, far
189. (suffix) -plasm formation, structure
190. (combining term) spir/o breathing
191. (prefix) vice- substitute
192. (suffix) -lysis breakdown
193. (combining term) py/o pus
194. (prefix) ambi- both
195. (suffix) -oma swelling
196. (combining term) xen/o foreign
197. (prefix) quasi- resembling
198. (suffix) -rrhexis rupture
199. (combining term) zym/o enzyme
200. (suffix) -zyme enzyme
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