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prefixes & suffixes
| prefix/suffix | meaning |
|---|---|
| a- | away from, without |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | painful or disordered |
| hyper- | above, elevated |
| hypo- | below, low |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front |
| sub- | under, less than, below |
| tachy- | fast |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | painful condition |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -gram | picture or record |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necr/o | tissue death |
| -plasty | repair through surgery |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scler/o | hardening |
| -scopy | use an instrument to examine |
| -sten/o | narrowing |
| -stomy | opening |
| cyan/o | blue |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| rub/o | red |
| angi/o, vas/o | blood vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| capill/o | capillaries |
| cardi/o | heart |
| hem/o | blood |
| phleb/o | vein |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o, colon/o | large intestine |
| enter/o | relating to the intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| proct/o, rect/o | anus or rectum |
| stomat/o | opening |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris |
| ophthalm/o | eyes |
| opt/i | eyes |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens |
| acous/o, ot/o | ears or hearing |
| labyrinth/o | inner ear |
| myring/o | middle ear |
| pinn/i | external ear, auricle |
| tympan/o | membrane of middle ear, eardrum |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| gonad/o | gonads (male, female) |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| pituit/o | pituitary glands |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat glands |
| onych/o | nails |
| pil/i, pil/o | hair |
| seb/o | sebaceous glands |
| encephal/o | brain |
| mening/o | membranes covering spinal cord and brain |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerves |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| oophor/o | ovaries |
| orch/o, test/i | testicles |
| pen/i, phall/i | penis |
| placent/o | placenta |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| alveol/o | alveoli |
| bronchi/o | bronchi |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| nas/o | nose |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| trache/o | trachea |
| arthr/o | joints |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligaments |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| oste/o | bones |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| nephr/o | kidneys |
| pyel/o | pelvis or kidney |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureters |
| urethr/o | urethra |
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