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MEDA-1101
Wordroots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities |
| adnex/o | adjacent, accessory |
| anatom/o | body structure |
| anter/o | front |
| blast/o | immature or embryonic cell |
| caud/o | tail |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cephal/o | head |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dist/o | distant from origin |
| dors/o | back |
| epitheli/o | epithelial |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| hist/o | tissue |
| later/o | side |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| medi/o | middle |
| megal/o | enlarged |
| morph/o | form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| physi/o | function |
| pleur/o | lung cavity, lining, or membrane |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | closer to origin |
| ser/o | serum or serous membrane |
| thorac/o | thorax, chest |
| ventr/o | front |
| peri- | around or near, used with medical terms (prefix) |
| -centesis | surgical puncture for fluid removal (suffix) |
| -cyte | cell (suffix) |
| -ia | condition-noun (suffix) |
| -ist | specialist (suffix) |
| -itis | inflammation (suffix) |
| -logist | one who studies (suffix) |
| -logy | study of (suffix) |
| -megaly | enlarged (suffix) |
| -meter | instrument to measure (suffix) |
| -metry | process of measuring (suffix) |
| -osis | condition or increased number (suffix) |
| -paralysis | loss of movement and feeling (suffix) |
| -pathy | disease (suffix) |
| aneurysm/o | widening |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | thick, fatty, porridge-like |
| cardi/o | heart |
| ech/o | relfected sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibro/o | fibrous |
| hem/o | blood |
| isch/o | stopped flow |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| man/o | thin substance |
| melan/o | dark pigmented, black |
| phleb/o | vein |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| scler/o | hard |
| steth/o | chest |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tom/o | slice |
| vas/o | vessel, vas deferens |
| brady- | slow (prefix) |
| tachy- | fast (prefix) |
| a-, an- | without, lack of (prefix) |
| -ectomy | to cut out, excise (suffix) |
| -emia | blood condition (suffix) |
| -genic | to generate, forming (suffix) |
| -gram | picture (suffix) |
| -graph | recording instrument (suffix) |
| -graphy | process of making a picture or record (suffix) |
| -lysis | destruction (suffix) |
| -oma | tumor, abnormal growth (suffix) |
| -penia | low number (suffix) |
| -phobia | fear (suffix) |
| -plasty | surgical repair (suffix) |
| -stasis | control or stopping (suffix) |
| -scope | viewing insturment (suffix) |
| -scopy | process of using a viewing insturment (suffix) |
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| emes/o | vomiting |
| emet/o | vomiting |
| emetic/o | vomiting |
| encephal/o | brain, inside head |
| fibr/o | fibrous |
| lei/o | smooth |
| mening/o | meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oste/o | bone |
| papill/o | small elevation of tissue |
| pariet/o | wall |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| psych/o | mind |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped |
| spin/o | spinal |
| viscer/o | organ |
| anti- | against (prefix) |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad, abnormal (prefix) |
| hydro- | water (prefix) |
| hyper- | above, increased, upward (prefix) |
| hypo- | below, decreased, under (prefix) |
| neo- | new (prefix) |
| -algia | pain-noun (suffix) |
| -algic | pain-adjective (suffix) |
| -blast | immature or embryonic cell (suffix) |
| -cele | hernia (suffix) |
| -genesis | generate, develop (suffix) |
| -iatrist | specialist, physician (suffix) |
| -malacia | softening (suffix) |
| -oid | like, resembling (suffix) |
| -ous | material, condition-adjective (suffix) |
| -plasia | development (suffix) |
| -plasm | growth of tissue (suffix) |
| -tomy | to cut into, incise (suffix) |
| -trophy | development (suffix) |
| -tropic | affecting (suffix) |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bar/o | weight |
| bil/i | bile |
| carb/o | carbon |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| obes/o | obesity |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peps/o | digestion |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| phor/o | bear, carry |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| trich/o | hair |
| eu- | easy, good (prefix) |
| mal- | bad, poor (prefix) |
| sub- | under, below (prefix) |
| -ase | enzyme (suffix) |
| -iasis | condition, usually infestation (suffix) |
| -iatrics | medical practice (suffix) |
| -ity | quality, ability (suffix) |
| -ostomy | make a new opening (suffix) |
| -pepsia | digestion (suffix) |
| -phagia | eat, swallow (suffix) |
| -plegia | paralysis (suffix) |
| -rrhagia | bleeding, hemorrhage (suffix) |
| -rrhaphy | suturing, stitching (suffix) |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge (suffix) |
| -rrhexis | rupture (suffix) |
| -stomy | to form a new opening surgically (suffix) |
| -tome | cutting instrument (suffix) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing (suffix) |
| albumin/o | protien |
| amni/o | amnion |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cervic/o | neck or neck of uterus |
| colp/o | vagina |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| ectop/o | ectopia, displaced |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| glyc/o | glycogen, sweet, sugar |
| gravid/o | pregnant woman |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ket/o | ketones |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| mamm/o | mammary glands |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation |
| metr/o | uterine tissues |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/i | night |
| nyct/o | night |
| o/o | egg, ovum |
| oophor/o | ovary (egg bearing) |
| orch/o | testicle |
| orchi/o | testicle |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| pen/o | penis |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney, nephron |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| scrot/o | scrotum |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| syphil/o | syphilis |
| top/o | place |
| ur/o | unine, urinary |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| aniso- | unequal (prefix) |
| ante- | front, before (prefix) |
| bi- | two, both (prefix) |
| circum- | encircling, making a circle around, used mostly wtih English terms (prefix) |
| de- | down from, less than normal (prefix) |
| ecto- | outside of (prefix) |
| endo- | inner, inside (prefix) |
| ex- | out of (prefix) |
| in- | not, in (prefix) |
| infra- | below, under (prefix) |
| iso- | same, equal (prefix) |
| multi- | many (prefix) |
| nulli- | none (prefix) |
| poly- | too much, too many (prefix) |
| post- | after (prefix) |
| pre- | before, in front of (prefix) |
| primi- | first (prefix) |
| trans- | across (prefix) |
| -cide | kill (suffix) |
| -cise | cut (suffix) |
| -crypt | hidden (suffix) |
| -cyst | bladder, sac (suffix) |
| -dynia | pain (suffix) |
| -gravida | pregnancy (suffix) |
| -ism | condition, theory (suffix) |
| -para | woman who carries pregnancy to viability (suffix) |
| -partum | delivery, childbirth (suffix) |
| -pexy | fixation of a prolapse (suffix) |
| -ptosis | prolapse (suffix) |
| -uria | in the urine (suffix) |
| audi/o | hearing |
| alveol/o | alveolar sacs |
| belphar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | right and left bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | smaller branches of the bronchi |
| cor/o | pupil |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| diaphragnat/o | diaphragm |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| irid/o | iris |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| ment/o | chin |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nas/o | nasal pasage, nose |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| ot/o | ear |
| phac/o | lens |
| phas/o | speech |
| phon/o | sound |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pne/o | breathe |
| pneum/o | air, lungs |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| presby/o | old |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| spir/o | respiration, breathe |
| trache/o | wind pipe |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| ambi- | both (prefix) |
| diplo- | two, double (prefix) |
| eso- | inward (prefix) |
| exo- | outward (prefix) |
| my- | close (prefix) |
| -eal | pertaining to, adjective (suffix) |
| -opia | vision (suffix) |
| -pnea | breathing (suffix) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction (suffix) |
| -tropia | turning (suffix) |
| -phasia | speech (suffix) |
| -phonia | sound or voice (suffix) |
| chir/o | hand |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| dextr/o | right |
| fus/o | melting, flowing |
| fastr/o | stomach |
| lumb/o | lumbar spine |
| pod/o | foot |
| ped/i | foot |
| pub/o | pubis |
| sex/o | sexuality, gender |
| sinistr/o | left |
| ven/o | vein |
| vers/o | turning, twisting |
| ab- | away from (prefix) |
| ad- | toward (prefix) |
| con- | with (prefix) |
| contra- | against (prefix) |
| dia- | through, used with medical terms (prefix) |
| dis- | to free of, separate, or undo (prefix) |
| epi- | upon, on top of (prefix) |
| extra- | outside of (prefix) |
| hemi- | half (prefix) |
| hetero- | different (prefix) |
| homo- | same (prefix) |
| intra- | within (prefix) |
| macro- | large (prefix) |
| meta- | beyond (prefix) |
| micro- | small (prefix) |
| para- | abnormal, near, beyond, or the lower half of the body (prefix) |
| per- | through, used mostly with English terms (prefix) |
| retro- | behind (prefix) |
| semi- | half, used mostly with English terms (prefix) |
| super- | above, over, used with English terms (prefix) |
| supra- | above, over, used with anatomic terms (prefix) |
| ultra- | beyond, in excess (prefix) |
| -iatric | pertaining to a speciality (suffix) |
| -plasty | surgical repair (suffix) |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air, with oxygen |
| bacill/o | bacillus |
| bi/o | life |
| cocc/i | round-shaped bacteria |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| dorm/o | running, a series |
| endocrin/o | endocrine |
| erg/o | work |
| gen/o | forming, generating |
| gluc/o | glucose |
| gnos/o | to know, knowledge of |
| immun/o | immune |
| lys/o | destruction |
| malari/o | malaria |
| myc/o | fungus |
| pharmac/o | drugs |
| pyr/o | heat, fire |
| sept/o | poisoned, toxic |
| seps/o | poisoned, toxic |
| staphyl/o | growing in bunches |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| test/o | testis |
| pro- | before, in front of (prefix) |
| syn- | joined, fused (prefix) |
| sym- | joined, fused (prefix) |
| -crine | secrete (suffix) |
| -therapy | treatment (suffix) |
Created by:
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