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Term | Definition |
a-, an- | without |
ab- | from |
ad- | toward |
aden- | gland |
alg- | pain, cold |
ambi- | both |
angio- | blood vessel |
ante- | before |
anti- | against |
artho- | joint |
auto- | self |
bi- | two |
bili- | bile |
bio- | life |
brachi- | arm |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
bronch- | bronchi or trachea |
bucc- | cheek |
carcin- | cancer |
cardi- | heart |
cata- | destruction |
centi- | one one-hundredth |
cephal- | head |
chole- | gallbladder |
chondroe- | cartilage |
circum- | around |
contra- | against |
cerebro- | brain |
col- | colon |
colp- | vagina |
cost- | rib |
counter- | against |
crani- | skull |
cyst- | sac, bladder |
cyto- | cell |
de- | removal from |
deci- | one tenth |
deka, deca- | ten |
dent- | teeth |
derm- | skin |
di- | two, twice |
diplo- | double |
dis- | apart, free of, or twice |
dolor- | pain |
dorso- | back |
dys- | pain |
ecto- | outside |
en- | in |
encephalo- | brain |
endo- | within |
entero- | intestines |
epi- | above, upon |
eu- | well |
ex- | out |
extra- | outside |
febri- | febrile |
fibro- | fibrous |
gastro- | stomach |
gero- | old age |
glosso- | tongue |
glyco- | sugar |
gravi- | pregnant |
hemi- | half |
hemo- | blood |
hepat- | liver |
hetero- | other |
hist- | tissue |
homo- | same |
hydr- | water |
hyper- | above |
hypo- | beneath |
hyster- | uterus |
idio- | self |
im-, in- | in, not |
ileo- | ileum |
infra- | below |
intra- | within |
inter- | between |
kilo- | thousand |
lacrim- | tears |
laryngo- | larynx |
lipo- | fat |
lyso- | kill |
macro- | large |
mal- | ill, bad |
mast- | breast |
mega- | large |
ment- | mind |
mes- | middle |
meta- | beyond, change |
micro- | small |
milli- | one one-thousandth |
mono- | single |
myo- | muscle |
naso- | nose |
necro- | dead |
neo- | new |
nephro- | kidney |
oculo- | eye |
opthalmo- | eye |
oligo- | lack of, few, deficiency of, scanty |
ora- | oral |
ortho- | straight |
os- | bone or mouth |
osteo- | bone |
ot- | ear |
oophoro- | ovary |
pan- | all |
para- | around, beside, beyond |
path- | disease |
ped- | child, foot |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
phlebo- | vein |
photo- | light |
pleuro- | pleura |
pneum- | air, gas, lung |
poly- | many |
post- | after |
pre- | before |
pro- | forward |
procto- | rectum |
pseudo- | false |
psych- | soul, mind |
pyel- | pelvis |
pyo- | pus |
pyro- | fire, heat |
quadr- | four |
quint- | five |
rachi- | spine |
radio- | ray |
re- | again |
reni- | kidney |
retro- | backward |
rhin- | nose |
rubi- | red |
salpingo- | tube |
semi- | one half |
septic- | putrefaction (decomposition of organic matter) |
somat- | body |
steno- | narrow |
stoma- | mouth, opening |
sub- | under, inferior |
supro- | above |
sym-, syn- | with |
tachy- | fast |
tensio- | stretch |
tetra- | four |
thermo- | heat |
thoraco- | chest |
thrombe- | clot |
tox- | poison |
trans- | across |
tri- | three |
ultra- | excess |
un- | not |
uni- | one |
vas- | vessel |
vit- | life |
-aclerosis | hardening |
-algia | pain |
-ase | enzyme |
-asis, -osis | state or condition |
-asthenio | weakness |
-blasto | bud or sprout |
-cele | tumor, protrusion |
-centesis | puncture, aspiration of |
-cide | killing or destruction |
-clysis | injection of fluid into body |
-cutaneous | skin |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-esthesia | relating to sensation |
-genic | producing |
-gram, -graph | writing, picture |
-iasis | morbid condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation of |
-lateral | side |
-logy | science of |
-lysis | dissolution |
-mania | madness |
-(o) stomy | creation of a new opening |
-(o) tomy | cut into |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | lack of |
-pexy | to fix, fixation |
-phagia | eating condition |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear condition |
-plasty | molding, repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | air, breathing |
-poiesis | making, formation |
-ptosis | falling, drooping |
-rhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhagia | bleeding, profuse discharge |
-rhaphy | suture of |
-rhythmia | rhythm |
-scopy | inspection |
-sect | cutting |
-stasis | standing still |
-stheno | strength |
-tomy | incision |
-trophy | nourishment |
-uria | urine condition |
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