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Prefixs/Suffixs
Meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Si | Yes |
| a | without or lack of |
| ab | away (away from) |
| abdomin/o | belly |
| able | capable of |
| abort/io | to miscarry or miscarrying (natural or induced) |
| abrupt/io | to tear away from |
| abcess | a going away |
| ac | refers to or pertains to |
| ory | refers to or pertains to |
| us | refers to or pertains to |
| acanth/o | thorny (skin growth) |
| access/o | supplemental |
| acetabul/o | vinegar cup or hip joint (for femur) |
| acne | pointed |
| acoust/i | hearing |
| acr/o | extremities, height and pointed |
| acrom/i | extremities, height and pointed |
| actin/o | sun, ray, radium |
| acu | sharp |
| acus | sharp |
| ad | near or beside |
| aden/o | gland |
| adhes/io | to stick (together) |
| adip/o | fat |
| aer/o | air or gas |
| af | toward |
| age | relates to or pertains to |
| aggglutnin/o | to clump |
| agogue | inducing or leading |
| agon | walls |
| agra | pain |
| al | refers to |
| alb/o | white |
| albumin/o | egg white |
| alges/i | pain |
| algia | pain |
| alimento/o | to nourish |
| alopec/i | fox mange or baldness |
| alveol/i | cavity |
| ambi | both |
| amblyo | dull |
| ambul/o | to walk |
| amine | nitrogen compound |
| amino | organic compound |
| amnesi/o | forgetful |
| amnio | lambs caul 'small cap' |
| amphi | both |
| amylo | starch |
| an | lack of or without |
| an/o | ring |
| ana | apart or up |
| ancone | elbow |
| andr/o | man or male |
| anecto | without expansion or dilation |
| angi/o | vessel |
| angin/o | to choke |
| anil/i | old women |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl/o | fuse or bind |
| anomal/y | abnormal |
| ante | before |
| anter/o | before or foremost (in front) |
| anthr/o | coal or carbuncle |
| anthrac/o | coal or carbuncle |
| anthrop/o | human |
| anti | against |
| antr/o | cavity |
| antr/um | cavity or cavern |
| anuerysm | dilation or ballooning |
| anxio | restlessness, uneasy, apprehensive |
| apheresis | to remove or separate |
| apo | above or upon |
| aponeur/o | upon tendon (sheet or sheath around tendon) |
| append/o | appendage |
| aqua | water |
| ar | refers to |
| ar | without or lack of |
| acrachn/ | spider |
| arachino | spider |
| arche/o | first |
| arche | first |
| aria | air |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | jointed |
| ary | refers to |
| asbest/o | unquenchable |
| ascar/i | worm |
| asco | bag |
| ase | enzyme |
| aspergill/o | to sprinkle |
| aster/o | star |
| asthenia | weakness |
| asthma | panting |
| ate | refers to or action |
| atelo | incomplete, without end, imperfect (ending) |
| athero | porridge or yellow fat |
| ation | process of or procedure of |
| ition | process of or procedure of |
| atm/o | vapor or steam |
| artresia | closure |
| atri/o | chamber |
| attrit/i | wearing out |
| audi | hearing |
| aur/i | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| auscult/o | to listen |
| auto | self |
| aut | self |
| avuls/i | to tear |
| axill/o | armpit or central |
| axio | axle or axis |
| axo | axle or axis |
| azoto | urea nitrogen |
| azygo | single |
| Bacill/o | ROD LIKE |
| Bacteri/o | ROD |
| Balan/o | PENIS (GLANS PENIS) |
| Baro | WEIGHT |
| Bary | HEAVY |
| Bas/o | basic |
| Bas/io | at a base |
| Bene | good or normal |
| Benign/i | kind |
| Beri | weakness |
| Bi | two |
| Bil/i | (bil |
| Bin | two |
| bio | life |
| blast | beginning or young |
| bleb/o | (bulla |
| blenno | mucus |
| blepharo | (palpebro |
| bol/o | lump or ball |
| borg | orgasm |
| brach/i | arm |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| brevi | short |
| bronch/i | windpipe or tracea |
| brux | grinding |
| brucca | cheek |
| bulba | bister or vesicle |
| bula | blister or vesicle |
| bulimo | hunger |
| burs/o | sac, wine |
| cac/o | diseased or bad |
| cal/o | heat, heated or hot |
| calcane/o | heel |
| calcin/o | calcium |
| calco | pebbles or granules (of calcium mineral) |
| caligi/o | dim vision |
| calyx | cups |
| calix | cups |
| call/o | hardened skin |
| calx | heel or lime |
| candid/i | glowing white |
| canth/o | corner of eye |
| capill/o | hair |
| capit/o | head |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| capsulo | little box |
| caput | head |
| carb/o | carbon atoms, coal, or charcoal |
| carbun/o | glowing ember |
| carbuncul/o | glowing ember |
| carcin/o | crab |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cata | breakdown or down |
| cataract | waterfall or cloudiness |
| catarrh | to flow down |
| catheter/o | to let down into |
| caud/o | tall or toward tall |
| caust/o | burn or heat |
| cau | burn or heat |
| caus | burn or heat |
| cav | hollow |
| cebo | meal or food |
| cec/o | blind pouch |
| cece | navel |
| cele | swelling or tumor |
| cell/o | abdomen or belly |
| cellul/o | chambers |
| cement/o | hard |
| ceno | empty or common |
| keno | empty or common |
| centesis | surgical puncture to drain fluid |
| centi | one |
| centr/i | center |
| centro | center |
| cephalo | head |
| -cept | receiver |
| cerbr/o | brain |
| ceru | wax |
| cerv/i | neck |
| chalas/i | relaxation |
| chalaz/io | hailstone (eyelid sebaceous cyst) |
| chancr/o | ulcer (sore) |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chilo | lip |
| chiasma | a crossing |
| chiro | hand |
| chlamyd/i | to cloak or cover |
| chlor/o | green |
| cholangio | bile duct |
| chole | bile or gall (ingredient of) |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | gallbladder duct (canal) |
| cholera | billary acute diarrhea |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chordo | (cordo |
| chorea | dancing (shaking) |
| chrom/o | colored |
| chyme | juice |
| chyle | juice |
| cicatrix scar | |
| cid | to kill |
| cil/i | eyelash |
| cili | eyelash or eyelash like |
| cimex | bug |
| cine/o | movement filming |
| circum | around |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| cis | cut or to cut |
| cistern/o | cavity |
| clalasia | relaxation |
| clast | breakdown |
| clas | breakdown |
| clavicul/o | collar bone (little key shape) |
| cleido | hook, clavicle or collar bone |
| clino | bent |
| clon/o | turmoil |
| clubb/o | rounding |
| clysis | irrigation or injection |
| co | two |
| coagulo/o | clotting or clot |
| coccus | berry |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| cochle/o | snail |
| coel | hollow belly (cavity) |
| coit/o | to come together (sexual union; inter/course "between/a flowing") |
| col/o | colon big or large intestine |
| colon/o | colon big or large intestine |
| colla/o | glue |
| collis | twisted |
| colob/o | to mutilate |
| colpo | vagina |
| com | together |
| comato | deep sleep |
| con | together |
| conch/a | shell |
| concuss/i | violent shaking |
| condyl/o | knuckle (nob) |
| coni/o | dust |
| conis | cone shaped |
| conjuctiv/o | together joined (united) |
| continence | contained |
| contra | against |
| contrecoup | counter blow |
| contus/i | bruise |
| convolo | to roll together |
| corac/o | crows beak (shape) |
| cord | vocal chords cord |
| core/o | pupil or iris (rainbow) |
| cori/o | skin |
| corne/o | cornea or horn (shape) |
| cornu | horn or horny |
| coron/o | crowning |
| coronal | plane (aka: frontal plane)crowning frontal body cut |
| corp/o | body |
| cortic/o | bark, outer bark, rind, or cortex |
| cost/o | rib |
| cox/a | hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur) |
| cox/o | hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cras/o | mixture |
| creas | fleshy or flesh |
| crenat/o | notched |
| cric/o | ring |
| crine | secrete |
| crin | secrete |
| crit | separate |
| cruc/i | cross or cross |
| crur/o | leg thigh or femur |
| crus/o | leg thigh or femur |
| crust/ | scab or outer coat |
| cryo | cold |
| crypto | secret |
| cub/o | cube or cube shaped |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| culd/o | blind pouch |
| cule | little |
| cune/i | wedge |
| currett/o | scooping or scraping |
| cusis | hearing |
| cusp/i | pointed |
| cuti/o | (cut |
| cutis | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | circle |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| cyst | bladder or sac |
| cyst/i | bladder or sac |
| cystido | bladder or sac |
| cyte | cell or chamber |
| cyt | cell or chamber |
| cyth | cell or chamber |
| cyesis | cytosis increase (in number) |
| dacryo | tear |
| dactylo | digits (fingers and toes) |
| de | away |
| debride | removal |
| deca | one/tenth (1/10) |
| decem | one/tenth (1/10) |
| decub/o | to lie down |
| deep | most inward |
| deka | , dek |
| delta | fan shaped or triangular |
| dem/o | people |
| demi | half |
| dendr/o | tree |
| DENT/O | TOOTH OR TEETH |
| DON'T/O | TOOTH OR TEETH |
| DEPRESS | LOWER |
| DERM/O | SKIN |
| DERMAT/O | SKIN |
| DESIS | BINDING,TO BAND OR A BAND |
| desmo | ligament (also tendon) |
| deuter/o | second or secondary |
| dextr/o | rght |
| di | two |
| dia | across, through, total or complete, or between |
| diaphoro | excessive sweating |
| didymis | testis or teste |
| different | to separate or apart |
| deferens | to separate or apart |
| digit | finger or toe |
| diplo | double or two |
| dips/o | thirst or thirsty |
| dipther/i | membrane |
| dis | away from or reversed |
| dist/o | farther from |
| diverticul/o | outpouching |
| doch/o | duct or canal |
| doct/o | to teach or teacher |
| dol/o | pain |
| dolich/o | long, seperation, dislocation |
| dors/o | back |
| dos/e | (dose) a giving |
| dote | what is given |
| dracuncul/o | little dragon (worm) |
| dromo | running |
| du/o | two |
| duct/o | to draw or to lead (motion) away |
| duoden/o | twelve |
| dura | hard |
| dwarf/o | small |
| dy/o | two or a pair |
| dynam/o | work or strength |
| dynia | pain |
| dys | diffucult, faulty or painful |
| -e | instrument |
| e- | out or remove |
| eal | refers to |
| ec | outside, outward, outer or out |
| ect | outside, outward, outer or out |
| ecto | outside, outward, outer or out |
| ecchymo/ | juice out |
| eccrine | secreting or to secrete |
| echin/o | prickly, spiny or notched |
| echo | sound |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -estasy | dilation |
| ectomy | excisio or removal |
| eczema | to boil out |
| edema | swelling |
| ef | away or out |
| effer | away or out |
| effus | away or out |
| electr/o | electrical |
| ellum | lesser or smaller |
| em | in |
| emac/i | to grow thin |
| embryo | early |
| emesis | vomit |
| ernia | blood |
| emmetr/o | normal or correct |
| emphysema | puffed up |
| en | in |
| enamel | hard |
| encephal/o | within head brain |
| enchyma | anything poured in (essential organ part) |
| endo | within or inside |
| enema | injection |
| entero | intestine (usually refers to small intestine) |
| enuresis | to void (expel) urine |
| eosin/o | rose red (color) |
| epi | upon |
| episi/o | pubic region |
| er | one who |
| or | one who |
| ergo | work or labor |
| eruct/o | belching |
| erythermat/o | red or flushed |
| erthr/o | red |
| eschar | scab |
| eso | toward |
| esthes/i | feeling (physical) |
| estr/o | female |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| eti/o | cause |
| eti/o | cause |
| eu | good or normal |
| ex | out, outside, outward |
| exo | out, outside, outward |
| extra | out, outside, outward |
| facet | face |
| fac | face |
| faci/o | face |
| facient | making |
| fasc/i | band |
| febr/o | fever |
| fec/o | stool, fecal matter, or dung |
| scato | stool, fecal matter, or dung |
| sterco | srool, fecal matter or dung |
| femor/o | thigh |
| fenestr/o | window |
| ference | to carry |
| ferro | iron |
| fet/o | young |
| fibrill/o | to quiver |
| fibrin/o | fiber |
| fibro | fiber |
| fibul/o | to clasp |
| fil | thread |
| fila | thread |
| fili | thread |
| filar/i | thread |
| fimbri/o | fingers |
| fiss | to split or splitting |
| fistul/o | pipe or pipe |
| flacci/o | soft |
| flagell/o | whip |
| flat/o | to blow |
| flex | to bend |
| flect | to bend |
| flu | flowing |
| flux | to flow |
| foc/o | center or hearth |
| fontan/o | little fountain |
| formamen/o | opening |
| fore | before |
| form | shaped shape or form |
| fossa | furrow or shallow depression |
| fract/o | to break |
| front/o | forehead or before |
| -fuge | To flee |
| fulgur/o | to lighten (with sparks burning tissue) |
| fulv/o | brown |
| fund/o | base or lage part (organ body) |
| fungi | mushroom |
| furc/o | branch or fork |
| furun/o | boil |
| galact/o | milk |
| gamet/o | to marry, unite, or sexual union |
| gam/o | to marry, unite, or sexual union |
| gangli/o | knot swelling or collection knot |
| gangren/o | eating sore |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gelat/o | freeze or congeal |
| gelatino | freeze or congeal |