medical terminology--prefixes and suffixes
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| aden | gland
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| ad | toward, near, increase
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| ab | from, away
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| a | an, without, not
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| ante | before
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| anti | against
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| aer | air
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| artrh | joint
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| auto | self
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| bi | two, both
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| brady | slow
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| contra | against, opposite
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| cardi | heart
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| cephal | head
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| chole | bile-gall
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| colp | vagina
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| cost | ribs
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| cysto | bladder
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| cyt | cell
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| cerebo | brain
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| cerv | neck
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| circum | around
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| cyan | blue
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| dys | pain, difficult, bad
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| derm | skin
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| ecto | outside
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| em, en | in
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| endo | within
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| epi | above or upon
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| erythro | red
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| ex | out, away from, over
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| extra | outside
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| gastr | stomach
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| glyco | sugar, sweet
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| gynec | woman
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| hem | blood
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| hemat | blood
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| hemi | half
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| hepat | liver
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| hydr | water
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| hyper | above, excess of
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| hypo | under, decficiency of
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| hyster | uterus
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| infra | below
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| inter | between
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| intra | within
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| in | in, into
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| latero | side
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| leuk | white
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| lact | milk
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| lith | stone
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| lip | fat
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| macro | large
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| meta | beyond, over, transposition
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| multi | many
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| mono | single, one
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| mega, or megal | great, large, extreme
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| myelo | marrow
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| my or myo | muscle
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| micro | small
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| nephro | kidney
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| noct | night
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| neuro | nerve
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| ophthalm | eye
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| osteo or oss | bone
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| oophor | ovary
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| ortho | straight
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| ot | ear
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| pneum | lung, air
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| proct | rectum, anus
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| pyel | pelvis
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| py or pyo | pus
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| para | beside, around, abnormal, near
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| path or pathy | disease
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| peri | around, about
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| phleb | vein
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| phob | fear
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| poly | many
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| post | after
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| pre | before
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| pan | all, entire
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| quadra | four
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| retro | backward, behind
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| semi | half
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| sub | under, beneath, below
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| psych | mind, soul
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| super or supra | above, beyond, superior
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| salpingo | tube
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| septic | poison
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| sten | narrow
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| tetra | four
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| trans | across, over
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| tri | three
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| therm | heat
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| tachy | fast
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| viscer | organ
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| ad | toward
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| algia | pain
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| asis or osis | affected with, condition of
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| al | pertaining to
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| cele | hernia, tumor, protrusion
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| centesis | puncture
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| clysis | injection
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| cyte | cell
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| ectasis | expansion, dilation
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| ectomy | excision(removal)
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| emia | blood
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| esthesia | relating to sensation
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| lasis | condition, formation of, presence of
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| itis | inflammation
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| ic | pertaining to
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| logy | science of, study of
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| malacia | softening
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| megaly | enlargement, great extreme
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| oma | tumor
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| ostomy | creation of an opening, to furnish with a mouth
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| otomy | cuting into
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| orchid | testicle
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| ptosis | falling
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| penia | lack
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| pexy | suspension, fixation
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| pnea | air or breathing
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| plegia | stroke
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| phagia | eating
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| plasty | surgical correction, plastic repair of
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| rrhapy | suture of
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| rrhea | discharge
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| rrhagia | flowing or bursting forth
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| scopy | inspection, examination
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| sclerosis | dryness, hardness
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| tripsy | intentional crushing
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