Question | Answer |
a- | no, not, w/o, lack of |
ab- | away from |
-ablation | removal |
-abrasion | scraping of |
-ac | pertaining to |
acro- | heights, extreme, extremeties |
acu- | sharp |
-acusis | hearing |
ad- | toward |
af- | toward |
agora- | marketplace |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
allo- | other, different |
-amnios | amnion, inner fetal sac |
amphi- | both |
-an | pertaining to |
an- | no, not, w/o |
ana- | up, apart, away |
ante- | forward, in front of |
anti- | against |
-aphresis | removal |
apo- | separate, away from |
-ar | pertaining to |
-arche | beginning |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ase | enzyme |
-atic | pertaining to |
-ation | process of |
auto- | self |
bi- | two |
bin- | two |
-blast | embryonic, immature |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
-calculia | ability to do math, calculate |
-carcinoma | cancer of epithelial origin |
-cardia | condition of heart |
cata- | down |
-cele | herniation, protrusion |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-chalasia | condition of relaxing, slackening |
-chalasis | relaxation, slackening |
-chezia | condition of stools |
circum- | around |
-cision | process of cutting |
-clasis | intentional breaking |
-clast | breaking down |
-coagulation | process of clotting |
con- | together |
contra- | opposite, against |
-crine | to secrete, secreting |
-crit | to separate, separating |
crypt- | hidden |
-cusis | hearing |
-cyesis | pregnancy, gestation |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | abnormal increase in cells |
de- | down, lack of |
-desis | binding |
di- | two, both |
dia- | through, complete |
-dipsia | condition of thirst |
dis- | bad, abnormal, apart |
-drome | to run, running |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
-e | noun ending |
e- | outward, out |
-eal | pertaining to |
ec- | out, outward |
echo- | sound, reverberation |
-ectasia | condition of expansion, dilation |
-ectasis | expansion, dilation |
ecto- | outward, outer |
-ectomy | removal, excision |
-edema | swelling |
ef- | away from |
-emesis | vomiting, vomit |
-emia | blood condition |
-emic | pertaining to blood condition |
en- | in |
end- | within |
endo- | within |
epi- | above, upon |
-esis | state of |
eso- | inward |
-esthesia | condition of feeling, sensation |
eu- | healthy, normal |
ex- | out |
-exia | condition |
exo- | outside |
extra- | outside |
-ferous | pertaining to, carrying |
-fida | to split, splitting |
-flux | to flow, flowing |
-fusion | process of pouring |
-gen | producing |
-genesis | production, origin |
-genic | pertaining to, produced by |
-genous | pertaining to, originating from |
-geusia | condition of sense of taste |
-glia | glia cell, glue |
-globin | protein substance |
-globulin | protein substance |
-gnosia | condition of knowing |
-gram | record, recording |
-graph | instrument to record |
-graphia | condition of writing |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnancy, gestation |
-hedonia | condition of pleasure |
hemi- | half |
homo- | same |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, below, under |
-ia | condition, state of |
-iac | pertaining to |
-iasis | condition, presence of |
-iatric | pertaining to treatment |
-iatrician | one who specializes in treatment |
-iatrist | one who specializes in treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ician | one who studies |
-icle | small, tiny |
-id | pertaining to |
-ile | pertaining to |
-in | substance |
in- | in, not |
-ine | pertaining to |
infra- | down |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
-ion | process of |
-ior | pertaining to |
ipsi- | same |
-is | structure, thing, noun ending |
-ism | condition, state of |
-ist | one who specializes |
-itis | inflammation |
-itic | pertaining to |
-ium | structure, membrane |
-ive | pertaining to |
-ization | process of |
-kathisia | condition of sitting |
-kine | movement |
-kinin | movement, substance |
-lalia | condition of babbling |
-lapse | fall |
-lepsy | seizure |
levo- | left |
-lexia | condition of reading |
-listhesis | slipping |
-lithotomy | removal of a stone |
-logist | specialize in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breaking down, dissolving, loosening |
-lytic | pertaining to breaking down |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad, poor |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | condition of madness |
-megaly | enlargement |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, change |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-metry | process of measurement |
micro- | small |
mid- | middle |
-mission | to send, sending |
mono- | one |
multi- | many |
neo- | new |
-noia | condition of mind |
non- | not |
nulli- | none |
-occlusion | condition of closure |
-occult | secret, hidden |
-oid | resembling, like |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-on | structure |
-one | hormone, substance that forms |
-opia | vision condition |
-opsia | vision condition |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-orexia | appetite condition |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-osmia | condition of sense of smell |
-ous | pertaining to |
oxy- | rapid |
pan- | all |
par- | beside, near |
-para | delivery, parturition |
para- | near, beside, abnormal |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-partum | parturition (delivery) |
-pathy | disease process |
-pause | stop, cease |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | digestion |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding, around |
-pexy | fixation, suspension |
-phagia | condition of eating, swallowing |
-phasia | condition of speaking |
-pheresis | removal |
-phil | attraction |
-philia | condition of attraction, sensitivity |
-phobia | condition of fear, extreme |
-phylaxis | protection |
-physis | growth |
-plakia | condition of patches |
-plasia | condition of formation, development |
-plasm | condition of formation |
-plastin | forming substance |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-poiesis | formation, production |
-poietin | forming substance |
poly- | many, much, frequent |
post- | behind, after |
-praxia | condition of purposeful movement |
pre- | before, in front of |
presby- | old age |
primi- | first |
pro- | forward, in front of |
-ptosis | drooping, prolapse, falling |
-ptysis | spitting |
quadri- | four |
re- | back, backward, again |
retro- | backward |
-rrhagia, -rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture, repair |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrheic | pertaining to discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | tube, fallopian or eustachian |
-sarcoma | connective tissue tumor |
-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
-scope | instrument to view |
-scopic | pertaining to viewing |
-scopy | process of viewing |
-sepsis | infection |
-siderin | iron substance |
-sis | state of, condition |
-spadias | a rent or tear |
-spasm | spasm, sudden, involuntary |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stasis | controlling, stopping |
-stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
-sthenia | condition of strength |
-stomy | new opening |
sub- | under, below |
supra- | upward, above |
syn- | together, joined |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
-tension | process of stretching, pressure |
tetra- | four |
-therapy | treatment |
-thorax | chest |
-thrombin | clotting substance |
-thymia | condition, state of mind |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tion | process of |
-tocia | condition of labor, delivery |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision, cutting |
trans- | through, across |
-tresia | condition of an opening |
tri- | three |
-tripsy | process of crushing |
-tripter | machine to crush |
-trite | instrument to crush |
-trophy | process of nourishment |
-ule | small |
ultra- | beyond |
-um | structure, thing, membrane |
uni- | one |
-uria | urinary condition |
-us | structure, thing |
-version | process of turning |
-y | process of |