| SUFFIX | WORD ENDING |
| PREFIX | WORD BEGINNING |
| ROOT | GIVES ESSENTIAL MEANING OF WORD |
| COMBINING FORM | COMBINATION OF ROOT AND COMBINING VOWEL |
| COMBINING VOWEL | SINGLE VOWEL AT END OF ROOT TO AID IN PRONUNCIATION |
| AB- | AWAY FROM |
| DYS- | DIFFICULT, PAINFUL, OR BAD |
| A-, AN- | WITHOUT OR NO |
| AD- | MEANS TOWARDS |
| -PEXY | SUTURE TO STABILIZE |
| -GRAM | RECORD OF |
| -LYSIS | SEPARATION OR BREAKDOWN |
| -THERAPY | TREATMENT |
| -RRHAGIA, -RRHAGE | BURSTING FORTH |
| -RRHEA | FLOW, DISCHARGE |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -SCLEROSIS | ABNORMAL HARDENING |