Term | Definition |
a, an
(PREFIX) | without
(go WITHOUT somthing) |
ab
(PREFIX) | away from
(walk AWAY FROM something) |
ad
(PREFIX) | toward
(walk TOWARD someone) |
algia
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX
mostly suffix) | pain
(labor PAIN) |
ante
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | before, wall part
(labor BEFORE birth) |
anti
(PREFIX) | against |
bi
(PREFIX) | two, double |
brady
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | slow
(heart beating SLOW) |
circum
(PREFIX) | around
(go AROUND it) |
co, con
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | together
(puzzel pieces go TOGETHER) |
de
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | down or away from
(he went DOWNstairs and AWAY FROM them) |
desis
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX
mostly suffix) | binding, fixation of
(surgery to BIND the joints) |
dia
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | through
(cutting THROUGH the skin) |
dys
(PREFIX) | difficult, abnormal
(blood work came back ABNORMAL)
(surgery was DIFFICULT) |
ecto
(PREFIX) | outside
(cut was on the OUTSIDE) |
ectomy
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX
mostly suffix) | excision
(her tonsils was REMOVED) |
endo
(PREFIX) | within
(tube was put WITHIN the throat) |
epi
(PREFIX) | outer, on top of, over
(the shirt was ON TOP OF the dresser) |
exo
(PREFIX) | away from
(the tiger walked AWAY FROM us) |
extra
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | outside, beyond
(she went OUTSIDE and BEYOND her way) |
ferro
(PREFIX) | iron
(ANEMIA) |
fore
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | before
(his cut was be -FORE his lip) |
form
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | shape of
(kidney is a SHAPE OF bean) |
graphy
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | writing, record |
hemi
(PREFIX) | half
(paralysised on HALF of the body) |
hydra, hydro
(PREFIX) | water |
hyper
(PREFIX) | above
(HYPERACTIVE) |
hypo
(PREFIX) | below
(-2) |
iasis
(SUFFIX) | condition of |
iatric
(SUFFIX) | medicine |
ic
(SUFFIX) | pertaining to |
inter
(PREFIX) | between |
intra
(PREFIX) | within |
isis, asis
(SUFFIX) | condition of |
itis
(SUFFIX) | inflammation of |
juxta
(PREFIX) | near |
kinesis
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | movement |
kypho
(PREFIX) | humped |
logia, logy
(SUFFIX) | science (study) of |
lysis
(SUFFIX) | disintegration
(breakdown) |
macro
(PREFIX) | large, long |
malacia
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | softening |
med, medi, medio
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | middle |
mega, megaly
(PREFIX OR SUFFIX) | enlargement, large |
micro
(MOSTLY PREFIX) | small |
mono
(PREFIX) | single, one |
multi
(PREFIX) | many |