Greek-Latin Prefixes PDF

T1 Pathology May 2020 GREEK PREFIXES PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLE a, an amphi not, without, (having) no both, on both sides of, around up, back, again, upside down, wrong against, opposite, in answer to from, off, away from down, against, very, bad(ly), completely through, across, between, apart, througho...

T1 Pathology May 2020 GREEK PREFIXES PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLE a, an amphi not, without, (having) no both, on both sides of, around up, back, again, upside down, wrong against, opposite, in answer to from, off, away from down, against, very, bad(ly), completely through, across, between, apart, throughout bad, disordered, difficult out, out of in, into, on within (up)on, to, in addition to, against, in(to), over good, well outside, external over, excessive below, less than normal after, changed, different, beyond backwards, again beside, alongside, related to; disordered, sideways, wrong, contrary to, different (from) around, near before, in front of toward, in addition to with, together, same anaesthesia, anemia amphibious ana, an anti apo, ap cata, cat dia, di dys ec, ex en, em, el endo, ento, end, ent epi, ep eu, ev exo, ecto hyper hypo, hyp meta, met palin para, par peri pro pros syn, sym, syl, sy analysis, antalgic antihistamine, antidote apomorphine, apology catatonic, catabolism diaphragm, diabetes dysentery ectopic, exoderm, ellipsis energy, empirical endocrine, entomology epidemic, epode eustress, evangelical exogenous, ectopic hyperemia, hypertension hypothalamus, hyphen metabolism, method palingenesis paraesthesia, parody pericardium protect prosthetic synethesia, sympathetic, syllable, system SIMILIARITIES BETWEEN GREEK AND LATIN PREFIXES GREEK LATIN ENGLISH MEANING a (n) apo amphi en ek hyper pro in a(b) ambi in e(x) super pro, pre un of, off not away from on both sides in, into out of above in front of in for 1/5 T1 Pathology May 2020 con syn with LINGUISTICALLY RELATED GREEK AND LATIN PREFIXES GREEK LATIN MEANING apo amphi ec/ex exo/ecto en/em/el a/an endo/ento pro *hyper *hypo ab/a/abs ambi ex/e/ef extra/extro in in intra/intro pro *super *sub/sus, etc away from around, on both sides out of outside in (cognate) un (cognate) inside in front of above under *”h” and “s” are linguistically related as the last two entries show The following are not related but worth comparing: GREEK LATIN MEANING peri syn/sym,etc circum con/co, etc around with Be sure not to confuse the following: GREEK MEANING anti a/an dys against not bad, disordered and and and LATIN MEANING ante ab/a/abs dis before away from apart, in different directions, not In almost every case, Latin prefixes are used with Latin bases and Greek prefixes are used with Greek bases. From time to time hybrids may be used. 2/5 T1 Pathology May 2020 GREEK SUFFIXES These are the most important English suffixes derived from Greek. They are arranged by usage. ADJECTIVE-FORMING SUFFIXES pertaining to, like (i)ac ai (i)an (t)ic (i)ous oid pertaining to, like pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of pertaining to, like, one concerned with pertaining to, like pertaining to, like, full of like, having the shape of cardiac ideal subclavian pediatric malodorous coracoid VERB-FORMING SUFFIXES to make ize to make, to do something with, to subject to hypothesize NOUN-FORMING SUFFIXES result of, state of m(e), ma(t-) sis, se, sy, sia y, (ia) result of, thing that is the result of act of, state of, result of quality of, state of, act of, condition of scheme, edema Ptosis, palsy, preeclampsia remedy, fascia writing / recording gram graph graphy thing written/recorded Writing/recording, instrument for writing/recording Writing/recording, art or science of writing/recording mammogram radiograph tomography one who does (a)st ician ite, ot(e) t(e) one who does specialist in, practitioner of one connected with, inhabitant of one who, that which enthusiast physician luddite, despot neophyte belief in ism belief in, practice of, condition of autism 3/5 T1 Pathology May 2020 ist one who believes in, one engaged in anatomist one who rules arch crat one who rules one who advocates or practices rule by monarch technocrat rule by archy cracy rule by rule by, type of government hierarchy bureaucracy SCIENTIFIC SUFFIXES science of (t)ics log(y) nom(y) metr(y) art, science, system or study of science of, systematic study of science of, system of laws governing art or science of measuring biomechanics pathology anatomy symmetry little (diminutive) arium, arion idium ium, ion isk, iscus little little little little aquarium, hipparion antheridium bacterium, asterion asterisk, meniscus OTHER SCIENTIFIC SUFFIXES in(e) hedron meter ploid scope chemical substance solid figure with a (specified) number of faces measure, instrument for measuring, number of feet in poetry “-fold” instrument for viewing, to view melanin, chlorine dodecahedron goniometer, diameter diploid (twofold) endoscope MEDICAL SUFFIXES surgical removal of ectomy surgical removal of (act of cutting out) lumpectomy 4/5 T1 Pathology May 2020 tomy surgical operation on, surgical cutting of tracheotomy “disease” path pathy one who suffers from a disease of, one who treats a disease disease of, treatment of disease of or by osteopath tendinopathy “madness” mania maniac madness about, passion for one having a madness or passion for pyromania pyromaniac “fear” phobia phobe abnormal fear or hatred of one who fears or hates abnormally agoraphobia homophobe OTHER MEDICAL SUFFIXES emia iasis itis ium oma osis rrh(o)ea therapy condition of the blood, congestion of blood in diseased condition (often caused by parasites) inflammation of, inflammatory disease of part, lining or enveloping tissue, region tumor of, swelling containing, diseased condition of, result of diseased condition of, act of, process of discharge, flow Treatment of or by septicemia hypochondriasis colitis pericardium carcinoma tendinosis menorrhea physiotherapy 5/5