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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | not |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | bad |
| e- | out |
| ec- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| endo- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| eu- | good |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | in, inside |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| re- | again |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | beneath |
| syn- | with, together |
| sym- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through |
| uni- | one |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar, ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage, rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ula, uia | small |
| -y | condition, process |
| adip/o | fat |
| alb/o | white |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pil/o | hair |
| sebace/o | oil |
| seb/o | oil |
| squam/o | scale |
| steat/o | fat |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| ankyl/o | stiff, bent |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa ( a small fluid-filled sac found near the body's joint ) |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | head/ skull |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| fasci/o | fascia ( fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together ) |
| femor/o | femur (thighbone) |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o, myos.o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| pyhsis | growth |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia (shinbone) |
| ton/o | tone, tension |