Prefixes/Suffixes
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225 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -able, -ible | ability |
| -er | one who or one which |
| -ism | condition, state, or theory |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ity | quality |
| -logos | study |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -osis | condition, status, process |
| -ous | possessing, having, full of |
| -tion | condition |
| acr/o or arc | concerning the extremeties |
| dermat/o | skin |
| gastr | stomach |
| -ectomy | to cut out |
| -tomy | to cut into |
| -tome | an instrument that cuts slices |
| -ostomy | form a surgical artificial opening |
| -graph | instrument used to record data |
| -gram | a picture or record |
| -graphy | the process of making a recording of data |
| -algia | pain |
| -pathy | disease |
| -cyte | cell |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -emia | blood |
| -logy | study of |
| -meter | instrument used to measure or count something |
| -metry | process of measuring or counting |
| -penia | decrease |
| -osis | increase |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| aden/o | glands |
| -oma | tumor |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| meta- | beyond |
| -stasis | in one place |
| melan/o | black |
| -oid | like or resembling |
| neo- | new |
| anti- | against |
| -plast/ic | adjective suffix for abnormal growth |
| -genesis | development |
| cephal | head |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -cele | abnormal protrusion or swelling |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| carni/o | skull |
| cyst | bladder |
| hyster | uterus |
| salping | fallopian tubes |
| enter | small intestine |
| oophor | ovaries |
| duoden/o | first part of small intestines |
| cardi/o | heart |
| son/o | sound |
| ech/o | reflected sound waves |
| radi/o | radiation |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black (dark pigmented) |
| erythr/o | red |
| cyan/o | blue |
| chlor/o | green |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -mania | madness or excessive preoccupation |
| electr/o | electricity |
| trich | hair |
| lymph | refers to lyphatic system |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| lip/o | fat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| sarc | connective tissue |
| papill/o | small elevation of tissue |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
| oste/o - | bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| athero | fatty/porridgelike |
| hemangi/o or vas/o | blood vessel |
| neuro | nerve |
| myel | bone marrow / spinal chord |
| onc | tumor |
| anti | against |
| arteri/o | arteries |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| mening/o | meninges (3 layers covering brain) |
| dys | poor/difficult/abnormal (cell growth) |
| ten/o or tend/o or tendin/o | tendon |
| burs/o - | bursa (small sack between tendon and bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| inter | between |
| dent | teeth |
| peri | around/near |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| thorac/o | chest |
| supra | higher in position / above |
| epi | upon |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pelv/I | pelvis bones |
| ab | from/away from |
| ad | towards |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| amni/o | amnion (sac that surrounds fetus) |
| dipl/o | in pairs |
| strept/o | chains/strips |
| staphyl/o | bunch of grapes (clusters) |
| staphyl | uvula |
| py/o | pus |
| ot | ear |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| brady | abnormally slow |
| tachy | abnormally fast |
| audi/o | hearing |
| phon/o | voice/vocal sound |
| a | lack of |
| rhin/o | nose |
| chol/e | gall/bile |
| dia | through |
| micro | small |
| macro | large |
| dactyl | digit/finger |
| syn | together |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| genital | genitals |
| poly | excess/ many/much |
| noct | night |
| hemat | blood |
| ren/o or nephr/o | kidney |
| orchi/o | testicles |
| crypt | hidden |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| semin/o | semin |
| balan | penis glands |
| pen/o | penis |
| o/o | egg |
| colp/o | vagina |
| metr/o | uterine tissue (endometro = lining) |
| cervic/o | cervix |
| gynec/o | woman |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| gloss/o or lingu/o | tongue |
| cheil/o | lips |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| ile/o | ilium |
| col/o | large intestines |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| rect/o | rectum |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pancreat/o | - pancreas |
| splen/o | - spleen |
| angi/o | - vessel |
| my/o | -muscle |
| phleb/o | - vein |
| ven/o | - vein |
| scler/o | - hard |
| lys/o | - breadk down |
| narco | - sleep |
| rhabd/o | - striated (skeletal muscle) |
| myocardi/o | - cardiac muscle |
| dors/o | near/on the back |
| ventr/o | - near or on the belly side |
| anter/o | - toward the front |
| poster/o | - located behind |
| caud/o | - downward toward the tail |
| medi/o | - toward the midline |
| proxim/o | - closer to (a esignated point) |
| aer/o | - air |
| chrom/o | - color |
| eu | - easy |
| men | - menstral |
| pseudo | - false |
| viscer/o | - organs |
| ect/o | outer |
| end/o | inner |
| mes/o | middle |
| retr/o | backward/behind |
| para | near |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -cele | - cavity/sac |
| -therapy | - treatment |
| -ic/al | - pertaining to |
| -paralysis/plegia | - paralysis |
| -Tom/o | - slices |
| -algia or -dynia | - pain |
| -oid | - like (e.g. lipoid = fat-like) |
| -plastic | - abnormal growth (antineoplastic = against new growth/tumor) |
| genesis/trophy | - development |
| -cele | - herniation |
| -malacia | softening of |
| -plasty | - surgical repair |
| -plasia | - growth and development |
| -centesis | - tapping / puncturing (used to remove fluid from abdomen) |
| -cyst | sac |
| -cocci | sphericle |
| bacillus | staff/rod |
| -genic | - forming |
| -rrhea | - flow/discharge |
| -lith | calculus/stone (in the nose) |
| -iasis | - infestation |
| -phasia | - speech |
| -phagia | - eating |
| -pne/o | -breath |
| -peps/o | - digestion |
| glossia | - tongue |
| cheilia | - lips |
| -uria | condition of the urine |
| -ptosis | - prolapsed (out of place) |
| -pexy | - fixation of prolapsed organ |
| -rrhagia | - hemorrhage |
| -rrhaphy | suturing or wound closing |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -atresia | not open/closed |
| -spasm | an involuntary and abnormal contraction |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| - lepsy | seizure |
| -ectasia | dialation |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -tocia | - labor |
| -stasis | - stop |
| flexion | - bending (to be used with ante, retro, etc.) |
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