Prefixes & suffixes

1. Prefixes & suffixes Piecing the pieces together

2. Prefixes & Suffixes • a-, an-: without, lack of • ab-: from, away • ad-: to, toward, near • adren-: adrenal gland • aer-: air • alba-, albi-: white • alges-: pain • -algia: pain • ambi-: both, both sides • ante-: before, in front of, ahead of • anti-: against

3. Prefixes & suffixes • append-: appendix • arthr-: joint • -ase: enzyme • -asis: condition of • audi-: sound, hearing • aur-: ear • auto-: self

4. Prefixes & suffixes • bi-: twice, double, both • bio-: life • brachi-: arm • brachy-: short • brady-: slow • bronch-: air tubes in lungs • bucc-: cheek

5. Prefixes & Suffixes • carcin- cancer, malignancy • cardi-: pertaining to heart • carp-: wrist • cent-: one hundred • cephal-: head, pertaining to the head • cerebro-: brain • cerv-: neck • chem-: drug, chemical • chlor-: green • chond-: cartilage • circum-: around, about

6. Prefixes & Suffixes • -cise: cut • co-: with, together • -coccus: round • col-: colon, bowel, large instestine • contra-: against, counter • cost-: rib • crani-: pertaining to the skull • crine-: secrete • cryo-: cold • cut-: skin • cyan-: blue • cyt-: cell

7. Prefixes & suffixes • dec-: ten • dent-: tooth • derm-: pertaining to the skin • di-: double, twice • dia-: through between, part • dis-: separation, away from • dors-: to the back, back • duoden-: duodenum • dys-: difficult, painful, bad

8. Prefixes & suffixes • e-: without • ec-: external, outside • -ectomy: surgical removal of • electr-: electrical • -emesis: vomit • -emia: blood • encephal-: brain • endo-: within, innermost • enter-: intestine • erythro-: red • ex-: outside of, beyond

9. Prefixes & suffixes • faci-: face • -fascia: fibrous band • fore-: in front of • -form: having the form of, shape • -fuge: driving away, expelling

10. Prefixes & suffixes • gast-: stomach • -genesis: development, production, creation • -genetic, -genic: origin, producing, causing • genito-: organs of reproduction • gingiv-: gums, gingiva • gloss-: tongue • gluc-: sweetness, sugar glucose • gly-: sugar • -gram: diagram, instrument for recording • gyn-:woman, female

11. Prefixes & Suffixes • hem-: blood • hemi-: half • hepat-: liver • herni-: rupture • hetero-: other, unlike, different • hist-: tissue • hom-: same, like • hydro-: water • hyper-: excessive, high, over, increased • hypno-: sleep • hypo-: decreased, deficient, low, under, less than normal • hyster-: uterus

12. Prefixes & suffixes • idio-: peculiar to an individual, self-originating • ile-: ileum • infra-: within, into, inside • -ism: condition, theory, state of being • iso-: equal, alike, same • -itis: inflammation

13. Prefixes & suffixes • kerat-: cornea of eye • -kinesis, -kinetic: motion

14. Prefixes & suffixes • lact-: milk • laryng-: larynx (voice box) • latero-: side • leuco-, leuko-: white • -logy: study of, science of • lymph-: lymph tissue

15. Prefixes & suffixes • macro-: large • mal-: bad, abnormal, disordered, poor • -mania: insanity, mental disorder • med-: middle, midline • -megaly, mega-: large, enlarged • melan-: black • mening-: membranes covering the brain and spinal cord • meno-: monthly • mes-: middle, midline • -meter: measuring instrument, measure • -metry: measurement

16. Prefixes & suffixes • micro-: small • mono-: one, single • -mortem: death • muc-: mucus, secretion of mucous membrane • multi-: many, much, a large amount • my-: muscle • myel-: bone marrow, spinal cord • myring-: eardrum, tympanic membrane

17. Prefixes & suffixes • narc-: sleep, numb, stupor • nas-: nose • -natal: birth • necr-: death • neo-: new • neph-: kidney • neur-: nerve, nervous system • noct-: night, at night • non-: no, none

18. Prefixes & suffixes • ocul-: eye • odont-: tooth • olig-: few, less than normal, small • -ologist: person who does/studies • -ology: study of, science of • -oma: tumor, a swelling • opthalm-: eye • -opia: vision • -opsy: to view • opt-: vision, eye • or-: mouth

19. Prefixes & suffixes • orch-: testicle, testes • -orrhea: flow, discharge • orth-: normal, straight • ost-: bone • -oscopy: diagnostic examination • -otomy: cutting into • -ous: full of, containing, pertaining to • ovi-, ovario-: egg, female sex gland, ovary

20. Prefixes & suffixes • pan-: all, complete, entire • pancreat-: pancreas • para-: near, beside, beyond, abnormal • -paresis: paralysis • -partun: birth, labor • path-: disease, abnormal condition • ped-: child • pent-: five • -pepsia, -pepsis: digestion • per-: through, by, excessive • peri-: around

21. Prefixes & suffixes • -pexy: fixation • phag-: eat, ingest • -phage, -phagia: to eat, consuming, swallow • pharyng-: pharynx, throat • -phas, -phasia: speech • phleb-: vein • -phobia: fear • phon-: sound, voice • -phylaxis: protection, prevention • -plasty: surgical correction or repair • -plegia: paralysis • pleuro-: side, rib

22. Prefixes & suffixes • -pnea: breathing • pneum-: lung, pertaining to the lungs, air • pod-: foot • poly-: many, much • post-: after, behind • pre-: before, in front of • pro-: in front of, forward • pseudo-: false • psych-: pertaining to the mind • pulmon-: lung • py-: pus • pyr-: heat, fever

23. Prefixes & suffixes • quad-: four

24. Prefixes & suffixes • radi-: radiographs, radiation • ren-: kidney • retro-: backward, in back behind • rhin-: nose, pertaining to the nose • -rraphy: suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect • -rrhagia: sudden or excessive flow • -rrhea: flow, discharge • -rrhexis: rupture of, bursting

25. Prefixes & suffixes • sarc-: malignant connective tissue • -sarcoma: tumor, cancer • scler-: hardening • -scope: examination instrument • -scopy: observation • -sect: cut • semi-: half, part • sep-: poison, rot, infection • soma-: body • son-: sound • -spasm: involuntary contraction

26. Prefixes & suffixes • splen-: spleen • -stasis: stoppage, maintaining a constant level • steno-: contracted, narrow • stern-: sternum, breast bone • stoma-: mouth • -stomy: artificial opening • sub-: less, under, below • sup-: above, upon, over, higher in position • sym-, syn-: joined, fused, together

27. Prefixes & suffixes • tach-: rapid, fast • ten-: tendon • tetra-: four • -therapy: treatment • therm-: heat • thorac-: thorax, chest • thromb-: clot, thrombus • -tome: instrument that cuts • -tox: poison • trach-: trachea, windpipe • trans-: across, over, beyond • tri-: three

28. Prefixes & suffixes • -trophy: nutrition, growth, development • tympan-: eardrum, tympanic membrane

29. Prefixes & suffixes • ultra-: beyond, excess • uni-: one • ur-: urine, urinary tract • -uria: urine • uter-: uterus, womb

30. Prefixes & suffixes • vas-: vessel, duct • ven-: vein • ventro-: to the front, abdomen • vertebr-: spine, vertebrae • vseic-: urinary bladder • viscer-: internal organs • vit-: necessary for life

31. Prefixes & suffixes • xanth-: yellow • -xen: strange, abnormal

32. Prefixes & suffixes • zoo-: animal • zymo-: enzymes