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Medical Terminology

Prefixes Meaning Example

1. a- an without anaerobic

2. ab- away from abnormal

3. abdomin (o) belly, abdomen abdominalgia

4. ad- to, toward adhere

5. aden- gland adenoma

6. aer (o)- air aerobic

7. ante- before antepartum

8. anti- against antibody

9. arth- joint arthritis

10. auto- self autohypnosis

11. bi- two bilateral

12. bio- life biology

13. blephar- eyelid blepharitis

14. brachi- arm brachial

15. bucc cheek buccogingival

16. cephalo head cephalic

17. carcin- cancer carcinoma

18. cardi(o) heart cardiologist

19. caud- tail caudal

20. cav- hollow cavity

21. chol- bile cholecystectomy

22. chrom- color chromatin

23. circum- around circumcision

24. cleav- to divide cleavage

25. col (o) colon colosotomy

26. contra- against contraception

27. corp (or) body corpuscle

28. crani (o) skull cranium

29. cyan- bluish cyanotic

30. cyst- fluid-filled sac cystitis

31. cyt (o) cell cytology

32. dactyl- finger; toe dactylomegaly

33. derm-, dermato- skin epidermis

34. di- two dissect

35. dis apart, away from disarticulation

36. dors (i) ; dors (o) back dorsal

37. dys- bad, difficult dysentery

38. ede- swells edema

39. electro- referring to electricity electrocardiogram

40. en- in, into enema

41. encephal (o) brain encephalic

42. enter (o)- intestine enteritis

43. epi upon, on epidermis

44. erythro- red erythrocyte

45. fasci- band fasciculus

46. fiss- split fissure

47. for- opening foramen

48. frac- break fracture

49. gastr(o)- stomach gastritis

50. -gen produce; become pathogen

51. gingival- gum gingivitis

52. gyn- women gynecology

53. glyc (o)- sweet glycosuria

54. hemi- half hemiplegia

55. hem (o)- blood hematuria

56. hepat- liver hepatitis

57. hetero- the other heterosexual

58. hist (o)- tissue histology

59. homo same homeostasis

60. hydro- water dehydration

61. hyper- above, over hyperglycemia

62. hypo- below hopodermic

63. hyster (o)- uterus hysterodinia

64. in- in, within infiltration

65. infra- below infrared

66. inter- between intercostal

67. intra- within, inside intracellular

68. is (o)- equal isotonic

69. junct- join junction

70. kine- movement kinesiology

71. lact (o)- milk lactose

72. later- side lateral

73. leuk, leuc- white leukocyte

74. lith- stone lithiasis

75. macro- large macrophage

76. mal- bad, abnormal malnutrition

77. mast- breast mastitis

78. meat- passage auditory meatus

79. meg enlarged adenomegaly

80. meta- between, with metatarsal

81. micro- small microscope

82. morpho- shape morphology

83. mort- death mortality

84. multi- many multicellular

85. my (o)- muscle myositis

86. ne (o)- new neoplasm

87. nephro- kidney nephritis

88. necro(o)- death necrotic

89. neuro- nerve neuron

90. odont (o)- tooth odontoid process

91. ophthalmo- eye ophthalmoscope

92. orbit- track, circle transorbital

93. os-, osteo- bone osteocytes

94. par- give birth to postpartum

95. path- disease pathology

96. pedi child pediatrics

97. pod- foot podiatrist

98. phag- eat phagocyte

99. phleb- vein phlebitis

100. pneum- lung, air pneumonia

101. poie- make, produce hematopoiesis

102. post- after postpartum

103. pre- before prenatal

104. prox- nearest proximal

105. pseudo- false pseudopregnancy

106. psycho- mind psychotherapy

107. py (o)- pus pyogenic

108. re, retro- back, backwards retroperitoneal

109. ren- kidney renopathy

110. somat, somato- body somatic cells

111. sub- under subdural

112. sep, septic- poison, rot, decay sepsis

113. tachy- swift tachycardia

114. thromb- lump, clot thrombosis

115. tox- poison toxemia

116. trans- across, through transfer

117. troph (i) (o)- food, nourishment atrophy

118. vas- vessel vascular

119. uni- one unicellular

120. vit- life vital

121. zyg- join, union zygote

Suffixes Meaning Example

1. – ar pertaining to: lobar bronchus

2. –algia pain neuralgia

3. – cele tumor, sac hydrocele

4. –costal rib intercostals

5. –ectomy cutting out, excision appendectomy

6. –emia blood condition anemia

7. –ectasis dilation, expansion cytoectasis

8. – esthesia refers to sensation anesthesia

9. –form shape deformed

10. –genic producing carcinogenic

11. –gram written record polygram

12. –graph to write polygraph

13. – ia state or condition anemia

14. –ion process extraction

15. –itis inflammation of sinusitis

16. –logy science of morphology

17. - lysis, lyze break up hemolyze

18. –natal birth postnatal

19. –oid resembling fibroma

20. –oma tumor fibroma

21. –ostomy making an opening colostomy

22. -otomy cutting into phlebotomy

23. –penia a lack of lacrima penia

24. –plasty surgical molding mastoplasty

25. –plegia paralysis quadriplegia

26. –pnea breathing apnea

27. –ptosis downward displacement hemoptosis

28. –rrhage heavy flow hemorrhage

29. –rrhea flow or discharge diarrhea

30. –sect cut dissect

31. –scope view microscope

32. –sis state condition phagocytosis

33. –stalsis contraction peristalsis

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