Term | Definition |
PERI- (example: PERIMETER) | AROUND |
BIO- (EXAMPLE: BIOLOGY) | LIFE |
A- (ABIOTIC, ASEXUAL, ATYPICAL) | WITHOUT OR NOT |
AN- (ANAEROBIC, ANHYDROUS) | WITHOUT, NOT |
AB- (abnormal, ABSTRACT) | AWAY, FROM |
-AD - (ADVANCE , ADHERE) | TO, TOWARD |
ANTI- (ANTIBOBY, ANTIBACTERIOCIDAL) | AGAINST, OPPOSED TO |
AUTO- (AUTOMATIC, AUTOSOME, AUTOMOBILE) | SELF |
AMYL- (AMYLOPSIN, AMYLASE) | STARCH |
ANTE- (ANTERIOR, ANTEBELLUM) | BEFORE, IN FRONT OF |
POST- (POSTERIOR, POST-SECONDARY) | AFTER, BEHIND, BACK OF |
AQUA- (AQUATIC) | WATER |
ANGIO- (ANGIOMER, ANGIOCARDITIS) | VESSEL (BLOOD VESSEL) |
ANA- (ANABOLISM) | UP, UPON |
APO-- ( APOPLEXY, APOGEE, APOSCOPE) | OFF, FROM, AWAY FROM |
-ASE (AMYLASE, PROTEASE) | DESIGNATING AN ENZYME |
-ALGIA ( NEURALGIA) | PAIN |
ALBI- (ALBICANS, ALBINOS) | WHITE |
BRADY-- ( BRADYCARDIA) | SLOW |
CALOR- (CALORIMETER) | HEAT |
CARDIA- (CARDIOLOGIST, CARDIAC) | HEART |
CEPHAL- ( CEPHALIC) | HEAD |
CEREBRO- ( CEREBROSPINAL, CEREBRAL) | BRAIN |
CHROM- (CHROMOSOME, CHROMATIC) | COLOR |
CIDAL- (BACTERIOCIDAL, SUICIDAL) | KILLING |
CORPUS- (CORPUS CHRISTIE, CORPUSCLE) | BODY |
-CYST (OOCYST, CYSTICFIBROCYST) | BLADDEER |
-CYTE, CYTO- ( CYTOPLASM) | CELL |
DERM- (DERMATITIS, HYPODERMAL) | SKIN |
HYPO- ( HYPODERMIC, HYPOTONIC) | BELOW, UNDER, LESS THAN |
HYPER- HYPERACTIVE, HYPERTONIC) | OVER, MORE THAN |
DI- ( DIAMETER, DICHROMIC, DIALOGUE, DIOXIDE) | TWO, TWICE |
DIA- (DIAMETER, DIAPHRAGM) | THROUGH, ACCROSS |
DYS- (DYSPIA, DYSFUNCTION) | BAD, DIFFICULT |
-ECTOMY ( APPENDECTOMY) | TO CUT OUT |
EM-, EN-, ENDO- (ENDOCYTOSIS, ENDOSKELETON, EMBOLISM) | IN , INTO |
-EMIA (ANEMIA, HYPOCYTEMIA, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA) | BLOOD |
ENTERO- (ENTERIC, ENTEROKINASE) | INTESTINE |
EPI- (EPIDERMIC, EPIGLOTTIS) | ON, UPON, ABOVE |
ERYTHRO- (ERYTHROCYTE) | RED |
-FER (TRANSFER, AFFERANT, EFFERENT) | TO CARRY |
-FRACT (FRACTURE, REFRACTION) | TO BREAK |
GASTRO- (GASTRIC, GASTROINTESTINAL, PNEUMOGASTRIC) | STOMACH |
-GRAPH (CARDIOGRAPH) | TO WRITE |
-GEN (GENESIS, GENETICS, GLYCOGEN, GENERATE) | TO BEGIN, TO PRODUCE |
-GLOSSAL- (HYPGLYC-OGLOSSAL) | TONGUE |
GLYC- (GLYCOSUREIA, DIGLYCERIDE, GLYCOGENESIS) | GLUCOSE, SUGAR |
-GNATH (GNATHNOSTOMA | JAW, CHEEK |
-GNOSIS (DIAGNOSIS) | TO KNOW, KNOWLEDGE |