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MCCPrefixandsuffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | without, lacking, not |
| ab | away from |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acou | hear |
| acr(o) | ends of a part |
| ad | to, toward |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat |
| agora | of the market place |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alb | white |
| -alg | pain |
| algia | pain |
| all | different |
| ambi | both |
| ana | up, back, again, excessively |
| andr(o) | male |
| angi(o) | blood vessel |
| aniso | different in size |
| ankyl(o) | bent, crooked |
| ante | before, forward |
| anti | against |
| artereo | artery |
| anthr(o) | joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| asth | short of breath, panting |
| asthenia | weakness |
| -ate | use, subject to |
| aud | hear |
| aur | ear, hear |
| aus | hear |
| auto | self |
| baro | pressure |
| bi | two, double |
| bio | life |
| blast | immature cell |
| bleph | eye lid |
| brachi | arm |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| bronch | tracheal division |
| bucc | cheek |
| burs | sac |
| call | thick skin |
| calca | heel |
| can | malignant tumor |
| caput | head |
| capnia | CO2 |
| carbia | CO2 |
| carc | cancer |
| card | heart |
| cardio | heart |
| carotid | neck artery |
| carp | wrist |
| caus | burn |
| caut | burn |
| cele | hernia |
| cent | center |
| cent | 1/100th |
| centesis | puncture with needle |
| cephal | head |
| cerebro | brain |
| cerv | neck |
| chol(e) | bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | color |
| chrono | time |
| cide | killing |
| cil | hair-like |
| circum | around |
| -cle | small |
| cleid | clavicle |
| co | with, together |
| col | colon |
| coll | geletin, neck |
| con | with, together |
| cond | knuckle |
| contra | against, opposed |
| core | pupil |
| cori | skin |
| corp | body |
| cost(o) | rib |
| cryo | cold |
| crypto | hidden |
| cubitus | elbow |
| -cule | small |
| cuss | shake |
| cutaneous | skin |
| -cyte | cell |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| cyc | circle |
| cyst(o) | bladder, sac |
| de | down, from |
| dent | tooth |
| derm | skin |
| dextro | right |
| di | two, twice, double |
| dia | through, completely |
| dis | apart |
| dorsi | posterior |
| dromo | running |
| duct | guide, tubular path |
| dynia | pain |
| dys | with pain or difficulty |
| ecto | out from |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| edem | swelling |
| ego | (Gr) goat, (L) self |
| electr(o) | electricity |
| em | in |
| emesis | vomit |
| -emia | in the blood |
| encephal(o) | brain |
| endo | within |
| enter | intestine |
| ep(i) | on top of |
| erythr(o) | red |
| -esth | sensation |
| eti | cause |
| eu | normal |
| ex | out of |
| facil | easy |
| febr | fever |
| fibr | fibers |
| flex | bend |
| foramen | opening |
| fract | break |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| gen | become, produce |
| genic | causing, forming |
| gest | carry, produce |
| gloss | tounge |
| gly | glucose |
| gluco | glucose |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| gon | become, produce |
| -gram | written, recording |
| -graph | written recording |
| gyn | women |
| gynec | women |
| hem(a) | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepat(o) | liver |
| heter(o) | different |
| histo | tissue |
| homo | same |
| hydro | water |
| hygro | moisture |
| hyper | excessive |
| hypo | deficient |
| hyster(o) | uterus |
| iatr(o) | physician |
| ictal | sudden attack, Sx |
| icter | jaundice |
| idio | personal, strange |
| in | not |
| -ine | usually a vasoconstrictor |
| infra | below |
| ingui | groin |
| ino | fiber |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| ipsi | same |
| ism | condition of |
| iso | equal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kinesis | motion |
| kinetic | motion |
| later | side |
| lact(o) | milk |
| leuk(o) | white |
| lev(o) | left |
| lith(o) | stone |
| ling | tongue |
| -lysis | destroying |
| lytic | destruction |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| meatus | external opening |
| med | middle |
| mega | large |
| mel | limb |
| melan | black |
| men | monthly |
| mening | lining of brain/ spinal cord |
| meta | after, beyond, change |
| meter | measure |
| micro | small |
| milli | 1/1000th |
| mime | copy |
| morb | disease |
| morph | shape |
| mono | one |
| myco | fungus |
| myel | spinal cord, marrow |
| my(o) | muscle |
| nas(o) | nose |
| neo | new |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| neur(o) | nerve |
| noct | night |
| nomen | name |
| nomin | name |
| occipit | back of head |
| ocul | eye |
| odon | tooth |
| oid | likeness, resembles |
| olig(o) | little |
| -ology | science of |
| -olol | generally a beta blocker |
| -oma | tumor |
| onc(o) | cancer, tumor |
| oo | egg |
| oophor | ovary |
| ophthal | eye |
| orch | testes |
| ortho | straight |
| -osis | condition of |
| os | mouth |
| oste(o) | bone |
| -ostomy | created opening |
| ot(o) | ear |
| oxia | oxygen |
| oxy | oxygen |
| para | next to, by the side of |
| pari | to bear offspring |
| parie | wall |
| part | bear |
| path(o) | disease |
| ped | child, foot |
| per | through |
| peri | around |
| percuss | strike through |
| penia | diffincy |
| phago | eat |
| phall(o) | penis |
| -phasia | speech |
| pheo | dusky color |
| philia | loves |
| philic | loves |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phono | voice, sound |
| photo | light |
| phylaxis | protection |
| pino | to drink |
| plasia | to form substance (tissue) |
| plastic | substance (form tissue) |
| -plasty | repair of |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur(o) | lung cavity membrane |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum(o) | air, lung |
| pod | foot |
| poikelo | varied |
| poly | many |
| post | after, behind |
| prand | meal |
| -prill | generally an ACE |
| pro | before |
| proct | rectum |
| pseud(o) | false |
| psych(o) | mind |
| ptosis | falling down |
| pty | cough out |
| pulm(o) | lung |
| pur | pus |
| py(o) | pus |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| pyr(o) | fever |
| quad | four |
| quar | four |
| quat | four |
| radius | rod |
| ren | kidney |
| reticulum | network |
| retro | backward |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| -rhythmia | rhythm |
| -rrhea | flowing |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | burst fourth |
| -rrhaphy | suture repair |
| rub | red |
| salpin | tube |
| sang | blood |
| sarco | flesh |
| scler | hard |
| -scope | instrument to examine |
| -scopy | exam with instrument |
| sebum | fat |
| sect | cut |
| semi | half |
| sept | wall |
| sinister | left, bad |
| sinus | cavity |
| somat(o) | body |
| somn(e) | sleep |
| sonic | sound |
| spir | coil |
| stasis | stopping |
| stat | stop |
| -static | stopping |
| stature | height |
| status | condition |
| steno | narrowing |
| stern(o) | sternum |
| stoma | mouth, opening |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| sub | under |
| sulc | groove |
| super | above |
| supra | |
| sym | with, together |
| tachy | fast |
| tact | touch |
| talu | ankle |
| -taxia | order, arrangement of |
| tel | distance |
| thermia | relating to temperature |
| thorac(o) | chest |
| thromb(o) | clot |
| toc(o) | uterine contraction |
| tome | cut |
| -tomy | cutting |
| toxic | damaging |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| trich | hair |
| -trophia | nourishment |
| tropic | influence |
| tuss | cough |
| uni | one |
| uria | urine |
| varic | dilated vein |
| vagin | vagina |
| vaso | vessel |
| ventr | front, anterior |
| venter | abdomen, belly |
| viscer(o) | viscera (loops of the bowel) |
| vitro | glass |
| vivo | life |
| xen(o) | foregin |
| xer(o) | dry |
| zoo | non-human animal |
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