Medical Word Roots:Prefixes, Suffixes, and combining forms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a-, an- | absence, lack |
| ab- | departing from; away from |
| acou- | hearing |
| acr-, acro- | extreme, extremity |
| ad- | to, toward |
| aden-, adeno- | gland |
| aero- | air |
| af- | toward |
| alb- | white |
| amphi- | on both sides; of both kinds |
| ana- | apart, up, again |
| angi- | vessel |
| ant-, anti- | opposed to; preventing, inhibiting |
| ante- | preceding; before |
| ap-, api | tip, extremity |
| append- | hang |
| aqua-, aque | water |
| areola- | open space |
| arthr-, arthro- | joint |
| artic- | joint, points of connection |
| atri- | vestibule |
| aut-, auto- | self |
| ax-, axi, axo- | axis, axle |
| azyg- | unpaired |
| basal | base |
| bi- | two |
| bio- | life |
| blast- | bud, germ |
| brachi- | arm |
| brev- | short |
| broncho- | bronchus |
| bucco- | cheek |
| caput- | head |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi-, cardio- | heart |
| carneo- | flesh |
| caud- | tail |
| cele- | abdominal |
| cephal- | head |
| cerebro- | brain, especially the cerebrum; pertaining to the brain and spinal cord |
| cervic, cervix | neck |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| cili- | small hair |
| circum- | around |
| clavic- | key |
| co-, con- | together |
| coel- | hollow |
| commis- | united |
| contra- | against |
| corn-, cornu- | horn |
| corona | crown |
| corp- | body |
| cort- | bark, outer layer |
| cost- | rib |
| crani- | skull |
| crypt- | hidden |
| cubit | the elbow |
| cusp- | pointed |
| cyst- | sac, bladder |
| cyt- | cell |
| de- | undoing, reversal, loss, removal |
| decid- | falling off |
| delta | triangular |
| den-, dent- | tooth |
| dendr- | tree, branch |
| derm- | skin |
| di- | twice, double |
| dia- | through, between |
| dors- | the back |
| duc-, duct | lead, draw |
| dura- | hard |
| dys- | difficult, faulty, painful |
| ec-, ex-, ecto- | out, outside, away from |
| ef- | away |
| en-, em- | in, inside |
| endo- | within, inner |
| entero- | intestine |
| epi- | over, above |
| erythr- | red |
| eu- | well |
| exo- | outside, outer layer |
| extra- | outside, beyond |
| extrins- | from the outside |
| fasci-, fascia- | bundle |
| fenestra- | window |
| fontan- | fountain |
| foram- | opening |
| foss- | ditch |
| gangli- | swelling or knot |
| gastr- | stomach |
| germin- | grow |
| glosso- | tongue |
| glute- | buttock |
| gon-, gono- | seed, offspring |
| hema-, hemato-, hemo- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat- | liver |
| hetero- | different, other |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | whole |
| hom-, homo- | same |
| hyal- | clear |
| hydr-, hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excess |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hyster-, hystero- | uterus |
| ile- | intestine |
| im- | not |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ipsi- | same |
| iso- | equal, same |
| jugul- | throat |
| kera- | horn |
| labi-, labri- | lip |
| lact- | milk |
| lacun- | space, cavity, lake |
| lamell- | small plate |
| lamina | layer, sheet |
| lat- | wide |
| later- | side |
| leuko- | white |
| lingua- | tongue |
| lip-, lipo- | fat, lipid |
| luci- | clear |
| lumen | light, center of hollow structure |
| lut- | yellow |
| lymph | water |
| macro- | large |
| magn- | large |
| mal- | bad, abnormal |
| mamm- | breast |
| mast- | breast |
| medi- | middle |
| medull- | marrow, middle |
| mega- | large |
| meningo- | membrane |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, between, transition |
| metro- | uterus |
| micro- | small |
| mito- | thread, filament |
| mono- | single |
| morpho- | form |
| multi- | many |
| myelo- | spinal cord, marrow |
| myo- | muscle |
| narco- | numbness |
| necro- | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephro- | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| noto- | back |
| ob- | before, against |
| oculo- | eye |
| odonto- | teeth |
| olfact- | smell |
| oligo- | few |
| oo- | egg |
| ophthalmo- | eye |
| orb- | circular |
| ortho- | straight, direct |
| osteo- | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| ov-, ovi- | egg |
| oxy- | oxygen |
| pan- | all, universal |
| papill- | nipple |
| para- | beside, near, beyond |
| pariet- | a wall |
| pect-, pectus | breast |
| pelv- | a basin |
| peni- | a tail |
| pep-, peps-, pept- | digest |
| peri- | around |
| phago | eat |
| phleb- | vein |
| pia | tender |
| pin-, pino- | drink |
| pleur- | side |
| plex-, plexus | net, network |
| pneumo- | air, wind |
| pod- | foot |
| poly- | multiple |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre-, pro- | before, ahead of |
| procto- | rectum, anus |
| pseudo- | false |
| psycho- | mind, psyche |
| pulmo- | lung |
| pyo- | pus |
| quad-, quadr- | four |
| re- | back, again |
| rect- | straight |
| ren- | kidney |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| ruga- | fold, wrinkle |
| sagitt- | arrow |
| sarco- | flesh |
| sclero- | hard |
| semi- | half |
| septum | a fence, divider |
| serrat- | saw |
| sin-, sino- | a hollow space |
| soma- | body |
| splanchn- | organ |
| squam- | scale, flat |
| steno- | narrow |
| stroma | spread out |
| sub- | beneath, under |
| super- | above, upon |
| supra- | above, upon |
| sym-, syn- | together, with |
| synerg- | work together |
| tachy- | rapid |
| telo- | the end |
| templ-, tempo- | time |
| teres | round, smooth |
| therm- | heat |
| tissue | woven |
| tox- | poison |
| trab- | beam, timber |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| troph- | nourish |
| tuber- | swelling |
| vas- | a vessel, duct |
| venter-, ventr- | abdomen, belly |
| villus | shaggy hair |
| viscero- | organ, viscera |
| -able | able to, capable of |
| -ac | referring to |
| -algia | pain in a certain part |
| -ary | associated with, relating to |
| -ceps | the head |
| -cide | destroy, kill |
| -cipit | head |
| -clast | break |
| -crine | separate |
| -ectomy | cutting out, surgical removal |
| -ell, -elle | small |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -esthesi | sensation |
| -ferent | carry |
| -form, -forma | shape |
| -fuge | driving out |
| -gen | an agent that initiates |
| -glea, -glia | glue |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | an instrument recording data or writing |
| -ia | condition |
| -iatrics | medical specialty |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lemma | sheath, husk |
| -logy | the study of |
| -lysis | loosening or breaking down |
| -malacia | soft |
| -mania | obsession, compulsion |
| -odyn | pain |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | defect of the eye |
| -ory | referring to, of |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phil, -philo | like, love |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasm | form, shape |
| -plasty | reconstruction of a part, plastic surgery |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagia | abnormal or excessive discharge |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scope | instrument used for examination |
| -stalsis | compression |
| -stasis | arrest, fixation |
| -stomy | establishment of an artificial opening |
| -tomy | to cut |
| -ty | condition of, state |
| -uria | urine |
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