Question | Answer |
a-, an- | Without, lack of, absence of... |
Ante- | Before, forward, in front of... |
anter(i), anter(o) | Front, forward... |
anti- | against... |
-ase | Enzyme |
audi(o) | Hearing |
cephal(o) | Head |
cerebr(o) | Cerebrum, brain |
cervic(o) | Neck, cervix |
circum- | Around, about, encircling |
-coccus, -cocci | Bacterium, bacteria |
contra- | Against |
diplo- | Double, twofold |
dors(o) | Dorsal, back |
dys- | Difficult, abnormal, bad, painful |
-ectomy | Excision, excise, to cut out... |
encephal(o) | Brain, inside the head |
endo- | Inside, inner, within |
epi- | Outer, upon |
eu- | Normal, easy, good |
extra- | Outside, beyond |
ger(o) | Old age |
-gram | Picture, graph, record |
-graph | recording instrument |
-graphy | Process of making an image |
mal- | Bad, abnormal |
-pathy | Disease |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-ptosis | Prolapse, sagging, sagged |
pyr-, pyro- | Fever, fire |
-tomy | Incision, incise, to cut into |
lapar(o) | Abdomen |
-logist | One who studies or specializes |
-lysis | Destruction, dissolution, breakdown |
-osis | Condition, increase |
poly- | Much, many |
thorac(o) | Chest, thorac |
later(o) | Side, lateral |
-logy | The study of... |
mast(o) | Breast, mammary gland |
-meter | Instrument to measure or count |
-metry | Process of measuring or counting |
myc(o) | Fungus, fungi |
non- | Not |
Ophthalm(o) | Eye |
ot(o) | Ear |
para- | Beside, near, beyond, abnormal |
-phobia | Fear |
physi(o) | Body function |
-plasia | Development, formation |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
pod(o) | Foot |
post(o) | After |
presby(o) | Old age |
psych(o) | Mind, mental |
radi(o) | X-Ray |
-rrhea | Flow, discharge |
semi- | Half, partly, partially |
sub- | Under, below |
supra- | Above, over, at the top of |
-trophy | Development, growth, nutrition |
hemi- | Half |
iso- | Equal, same |
peri- | Near, around, surrounding |
hypo- | Deficient, low, below, down |
-iasis | Condition of disease |
inter- | Between, among |
intra- | Within, inside |
megalo- | Large, enlarged |
homo- | Same, alike |
hydr | Water |
hydro- | Water |
infra- | Below, beneath |
-itis | Inflammation |
mamm(o) | Breast, mammary gland |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-opia | Vision |
-penia | Deficiency, low number |
-pexy | Fixation |
poster(i), poster(o) | Back, behind |
retro- | Behind, backward, in back of |
-scope | Instrument used to examine or look |
-scopy | Process of examining |
syn- | Together, with, joined, fused |
tox-, toxi-, toxo- | Poison, toxin, toxic |
trans- | Across, over, through |
hyper- | Excessive, high, above, upward |