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Prefixes / Suffixes
NUR 100 Prefixes / Suffixes
| Prefix/Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a, an | without, not |
| ab | away from |
| ad | towards |
| algesia, algia | painful condition |
| angio | vessel |
| anti | against |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| carcino | crab, cancer |
| cardio | heart |
| centi | hundred |
| cephalo | head |
| chole | bile |
| chyme | juice |
| co, com, con | with, together |
| colo | colon |
| contra | against |
| cyano | blue |
| cyst | sac, bladder |
| cyt, cyte, cyto | cell |
| di | twice, two |
| dia | through, between |
| dis | apart |
| dys | bad, difficult |
| e | out |
| ectomy | excision |
| emia | blood |
| endo | within |
| enter, entero | intestine |
| epi | on |
| erythro | red |
| esthesia | perception, feeling, sensation |
| eu | good |
| ex | out, away from |
| extra, extro | outside of, beyond |
| gastro | stomach |
| gen, genic | to produce |
| genito | genital |
| genos | kind |
| geri, gero | old age |
| glyco | sweet, sugar |
| gyne, gyno, gyneco | woman |
| hem, hemi, hemato, hemo | blood |
| hepat, hepato | liver |
| hetero | other |
| homeo | like, similar |
| homo | same |
| hyper | over, above, exceeding |
| hypo | under, beneath |
| hyster | womb |
| in | not |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| iso | equal to |
| itis | inflammation of |
| kilo | thousand |
| lacto | milk |
| leuko | white |
| litho | stone |
| lysis, lytic | dissolution (i.e. dialysis) |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| mega, megalo | large |
| micro | small |
| milli | thousand |
| mis | wrong |
| mono | single |
| multi | many |
| myo | muscle |
| nephr | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| noct | night |
| non | not |
| olig | little |
| ology | study |
| oma | tumor |
| opthalmo | eye |
| ortho | straight |
| osis, iasis | condition, status, process |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| ox, oxe, oxi, oxy | keen - denoting the presence of oxygen |
| para | beside, beyond, equal, pair |
| patho | disease |
| per | through |
| peri | around, about |
| phasia | speech |
| plasty | formed, to form |
| plegia | strok |
| pnea | breath |
| pneumo | lung |
| poly | many |
| post | behind, after, posterior |
| pre | before |
| pro | before, in front of, from |
| pseudo | false |