Medical Terminology Prefixes & Suffixes PDF

T Definition e r m a- without, away from 🗑 an- without 🗑 anti- against 🗑 auto- self 🗑 brady slow - 🗑 de- without 🗑 dys- painful, difficult, abnormal  🗑 endo- within, inner 🗑 epi- upon, over...

T Definition e r m a- without, away from 🗑 an- without 🗑 anti- against 🗑 auto- self 🗑 brady slow - 🗑 de- without 🗑 dys- painful, difficult, abnormal  🗑 endo- within, inner 🗑 epi- upon, over 🗑 eu- normal, good 🗑 ex- external, outward 🗑 extra- outside of 🗑 heter different o- 🗑 homo same - 🗑 hyper over, above - 🗑 hypo- under, below 🗑 in- not; inward 🗑 inter- among, between 🗑 intra- within, inside 🗑 macr large o- 🗑 micro small - 🗑 neo- new 🗑 para- beside, near; abnormal; two like parts of a pair 🗑 per- through  🗑 peri- around 🗑 post- after 🗑 pre- before, in front of 🗑 pro- before 🗑 pseu false do- 🗑 re- again 🗑 retro- backward, behind 🗑 sub- below, under 🗑 tachy rapid, fast - 🗑 trans- through, across 🗑 ultra- beyond, excess 🗑 un- not 🗑 bi- two 🗑 hemi- half 🗑 mono one - 🗑 multi- many 🗑 nulli- none 🗑 pan- all 🗑 poly- many 🗑 quadr four i- 🗑 semi- partial, half 🗑 tetra- four 🗑 tri- three 🗑 -ac pertaining to 🗑 -al pertaining to 🗑 -an pertaining to 🗑 -ar pertaining to 🗑 -ary pertaining to 🗑 -atic pertaining to 🗑 -eal pertaining to 🗑 -iac pertaining to 🗑 -ic pertaining to 🗑 -ical pertaining to 🗑 -ile pertaining to 🗑 -ine pertaining to 🗑 -ior pertaining to 🗑 -nic pertaining to 🗑 -ory pertaining to 🗑 -ose pertaining to 🗑 -ous pertaining to 🗑 -tic pertaining to 🗑 abdo abdomen min/o 🗑 adip/ fat o 🗑 anter/ front o 🗑 brach arm i/o 🗑 cardi/ heart o 🗑 caud/ tail o 🗑 ceph head al/o 🗑 cervi neck c/o 🗑 chon cartilage dr/o 🗑 crani/ skull o 🗑 crin/o to secrete 🗑 crur/o leg 🗑 cyt/o cell 🗑 derm skin at/o 🗑 dist/o away from 🗑 dors/ back of body o 🗑 enter/ small intestine o 🗑 epith epithelium eli/o 🗑 gastr/ stomach o 🗑 glute/ buttock o 🗑 gyne woman c/o 🗑 hema blood t/o 🗑 hist/o tissue 🗑 immu protection n/o 🗑 infer/ below o 🗑 ingui groin n/o 🗑 laryn larynx g/o 🗑 later/ side o 🗑 lumb/ loin o 🗑 lymp lymph h/o 🗑 medi/ middle o 🗑 musc muscles ul/o 🗑 nephr kidney /o 🗑 neur/ nerve o 🗑 ophth eye alm/o 🗑 ot/o ear 🗑 orth/o straight, upright 🗑 pariet cavity wall /o 🗑 ped/o foot 🗑 pelv/ pelvis o 🗑 perito peritoneum ne/o 🗑 pleur/ pleura o 🗑 poste back r/o 🗑 proct/ rectum and anus o 🗑 proxi near to m/o 🗑 pub/o genital region 🗑 pulm lung on/o 🗑 rhin/o nose 🗑 spin/ spine o 🗑 super above /o 🗑 thora chest c/o 🗑 ur/o urine 🗑 urin/o urine 🗑 vasc blood vessel ul/o 🗑 ventr/ belly o 🗑 verte vertebra br/o 🗑 visce internal organ r/o 🗑 albin/ white o 🗑 angin vessel /o 🗑 bas/o base 🗑 bi/o life 🗑 carci cancer n/o 🗑 chem chemical /o 🗑 cortic outer layer /o 🗑 caute to cut r/o 🗑 cry/o cold 🗑 cutan skin e/o 🗑 derm/ skin o 🗑 derm skin at/o 🗑 diaph profuse sweating or/o 🗑 electr electricity /o 🗑 erythr red /o 🗑 ethes feeling i/o 🗑 hidr/o sweat 🗑 ichth scaly, dry y/o 🗑 kerat/ hard, horny o 🗑 leuk/ white o 🗑 lip/o fat 🗑 mela black n/o 🗑 myc/ fungus o 🗑 necr/ death o 🗑 onyc nail h/o 🗑 pedic lice ul/o 🗑 phot/ light o 🗑 py/o pus 🗑 rhytid wrinkle /o 🗑 sarco flesh /o 🗑 scler/ hard o 🗑 septi infection c/o 🗑 seb/o oil 🗑 syste system m/o 🗑 trich/ hair o 🗑 ungu/ nail o 🗑 vesic/ bladder o 🗑 xer/o dry 🗑 -der skin condition ma 🗑 allo- other, different from usual 🗑 xeno- foreign 🗑 ankyl stiff joint /o 🗑 arthr/ joint o 🗑 articu joint l/o 🗑 burs/ sac o 🗑 carp/ wrist o 🗑 cry/o cold 🗑 cervi neck c/o 🗑 electr electricity /o 🗑 chon cartilage dr/o 🗑 clavic clavicle ul/o 🗑 coccy coccyx g/o 🗑 cortic outer portion /o 🗑 cost/ rib o 🗑 crani/ skull o 🗑 femor femur /o 🗑 fibul/ fibula o 🗑 hume humerus r/o 🗑 ili/o ilium 🗑 ischi/ ischium o 🗑 kyph/ hump o 🗑 lamin lamina, part of vertebra /o 🗑 lord/o bent backward 🗑 lumb/ low back, loin o 🗑 mand mandible ibul/o 🗑 maxill maxilla /o 🗑 medu inner portion ll/o 🗑 meta metacarpals carp/ o 🗑 metat metatarsals ars/o 🗑 myel/ bone marrow, spinal cord o 🗑 orth/o straight 🗑 oste/ bone o 🗑 patell patella /o 🗑 pecto chest r/o 🗑 ped/o child, foot 🗑 pelv/ pelvis o 🗑 phala phalanges ng/o 🗑 pod/o foot 🗑 prost addition het/o 🗑 pub/o pubis 🗑 radi/o radius, ray (X-ray) 🗑 sacr/ sacrum o 🗑 scap scapula ul/o 🗑 scoli/ crooked, bent o 🗑 spin/ spine o 🗑 spon vertebrae dyl/o 🗑 stern/ sternum o 🗑 syno synovial membrane v/o 🗑 syno synovial membrane vi/o 🗑 tars/o ankle 🗑 thora chest c/o 🗑 tibi/o tibia 🗑 uln/o ulna 🗑 verte vertebra br/o 🗑 -blast immature, embryonic 🗑 -clasi to surgically break a 🗑 -desi stabilize, fuse s 🗑 -listh slipping esis 🗑 -logic pertaining to study of 🗑 -poro porous sis 🗑 duct/ to bring o 🗑 exten to stretch out s/o 🗑 fasci/ fibrous band o 🗑 fibr/o fibers 🗑 flex/o to bend 🗑 kinesi movement /o 🗑 musc muscle ul/o 🗑 my/o muscle 🗑 myoc heart muscle ardi/o 🗑 myos muscle /o 🗑 plant/ sole of foot o 🗑 rotat/ to revolve o 🗑 ten/o tendon 🗑 tend/ tendon o 🗑 tendi tendon n/o 🗑 vers/ to turn o 🗑 -asth weakness enia 🗑 -ion action, condition 🗑 -kine movement sia 🗑 -tonia tone 🗑 -trop pertaining to development hic 🗑 ab- away from 🗑 ad- toward 🗑 circu around m- 🗑 e- outward, without 🗑 in- inward, without 🗑 habili ability tat/o 🗑 hydr/ water o 🗑 necr/ death o 🗑 physi body c/o 🗑 therm heat /o 🗑 ankyl stiff joint /o 🗑 anthr/ joint o 🗑 burs/ bursa o 🗑 carp/ carpus o 🗑 cervi neck c/o 🗑 chon cartilage dr/o 🗑 clavic clavicle ul/o 🗑 cortic outer layer /o 🗑 cost/ rib o 🗑 carni/ skull o 🗑 cutan skin e/o 🗑 femor femur /o 🗑 fibul/ fibula o 🗑 hume humerus r/o 🗑 ili/o ilium 🗑 ischi/ ischium o 🗑 kyph/ hump o 🗑 lamin lamina /o 🗑 lord/o bent backward 🗑 lumb/ loin o 🗑 mand mandible ibul/o 🗑 medu inner region ll/o 🗑 meta metacarpus carpo /o 🗑 metat metatarsus ars/o 🗑 myel/ bone marrow, spinal cord o 🗑 orth/o straight 🗑 oste/ bone o 🗑 patell patella /o 🗑 path/ disease o 🗑 ped/o foot; disease 🗑 phala phalanges ng/o 🗑 pod/o foot 🗑 prost addition het/o 🗑 pub/o pubis 🗑 radi/o radius, x-ray 🗑 sacr/ sacrum o 🗑 sarc/ flesh o 🗑 scap scapula ul/o 🗑 scoli/ crooked o 🗑 spin/ spine o 🗑 spon vertebra dyl/o 🗑 stern/ sternum o 🗑 syno synovial membrane v/o 🗑 syste system m/o 🗑 tars/o tarsus 🗑 thora chest c/o 🗑 tibi/o tibia 🗑 uln/o ulna 🗑 verte vertebra br/o 🗑 angi/ vessel o 🗑 aort/o aorta 🗑 arteri/ artery o 🗑 ather/ fatty substance o 🗑 atri/o atrium 🗑 cardi/ heart o 🗑 coron heart /o 🗑 corpo body r/o 🗑 embo plug l/o 🗑 isch/ to hold back o 🗑 myoc heart muscle ardi/o 🗑 sphy pulse gm/o 🗑 steth/ chest o 🗑 throm clot b/o 🗑 valv/ valve o 🗑 valvul valve /o 🗑 varic/ dilated vein o 🗑 vasc blood vessel ul/o 🗑 vas/o vessel 🗑 ven/o vein 🗑 ventri ventricle cul/o 🗑 -cardi heart condition a 🗑 -man instrument to measure pressure omet er 🗑 -ole small 🗑 -spas involuntary muscle contraction m 🗑 -tensi pressure on 🗑 -tonic pertaining to tone 🗑 di- two 🗑 arteri arteriole ol/o 🗑 bi/o life 🗑 cutan skin e/o 🗑 duct/ to bring o 🗑 electr electricity /o 🗑 fibrin/ fibers o 🗑 lip/o fatty substance 🗑 my/o muscles 🗑 orth/o straight 🗑 pecto chest r/o 🗑 perip away from center her/o 🗑 phleb vein /o 🗑 pulm lung on/o 🗑 scler/ hard o 🗑 sept/ a wall o 🗑 son/o sound 🗑 vas/o vessel 🗑 venul venule /o 🗑 agglu clumping tin/o 🗑 bas/o base 🗑 chro color m/o 🗑 coag clotting ul/o 🗑 eosin rosy red /o 🗑 erythr red /o 🗑 fibrin/ fibers, fibrous o 🗑 fus/o pouring 🗑 granu granules l/o 🗑 hem/ blood o 🗑 hema blood t/o 🗑 morp shape h/o 🗑 neutr/ neutral o 🗑 phag/ eat, swallow o 🗑 sang blood uin/o 🗑 septi infection c/o 🗑 -aphe removal, carry away resis 🗑 -crit separation of 🗑 -cytic pertaining to cells 🗑 -cyto more than the normal number of cells sis 🗑 -emia blood condition 🗑 -globi protein n 🗑 -peni abnormal decrease, too few a 🗑 -phil attracted to 🗑 -phili condition of being attracted to a 🗑 -phili pertaining to being attracted to c 🗑 -plast pertaining to formation ic 🗑 -plast formation in 🗑 -poie formation sis 🗑 -rrha pertaining to abnormal flow gic 🗑 -stasi standing still s 🗑 aden adenoids oid/o 🗑 axill/o axilla, underarm 🗑 immu protection n/o 🗑 ingui groin region n/o 🗑 lymp lymph h/o 🗑 lymp lymph node hade n/o 🗑 lymp lymph vessel hangi /o 🗑 nucle nucleus /o 🗑 splen spleen /o 🗑 thym/ thymus gland o 🗑 tonsill tonsils /o 🗑 -ede swelling ma 🗑 -glob protein ulin  🗑 -phag to eat e 🗑 -toxic pertaining to poison 🗑 cyt/o cell 🗑 erythr red /o 🗑 fibrin/ fibers o 🗑 leuk/ white o 🗑 lip/o fat 🗑 lymp lymp h/o 🗑 phleb vein /o 🗑 throm clot b/o 🗑 -ia pertaining to 🗑 -ion action 🗑 -ic pertaining to 🗑 -oid resembling 🗑 -oma mass 🗑 -otom cutting into y 🗑 -ous pertaining to 🗑 -tic pertaining to 🗑 -algia pain 🗑 -cele protrusion 🗑 -cyte cell 🗑 -dyni pain a 🗑 -ecta dilation sis 🗑 -gen that which produces 🗑 -ia state, condition 🗑 -iasis abnormal condition 🗑 -ism state of 🗑 -itis inflammation 🗑 -logis one who studies t 🗑 -logy study of 🗑 -lytic destruction 🗑 -mala abnormal softening cia 🗑 -meg enlarged aly 🗑 -oma tumor, mass 🗑 -opsy view of 🗑 -osis abnormal condition 🗑 -path disease y 🗑 -plas formation m 🗑 -plegi paralysis a 🗑 -ptosi drooping s 🗑 -rrha excessive, abnormal flow ge 🗑 -rrha abnormal flow condition gia 🗑 -rrhe discharge a 🗑 -rrhe rupture xis 🗑 -scler hardening osis 🗑 -sten narrowing osis 🗑 -ther treatment apy 🗑 -trop development hy 🗑 -geni producing c 🗑 -cent puncture to withdraw fluid esis 🗑 -ecto surgical removal my 🗑 -osto surgically create an opening my 🗑 -pexy surgical fixation 🗑 -plast surgical repair y 🗑 -rrha to suture phy 🗑 -tome instrument to cut 🗑 -gra record or picture m 🗑 -grap process of recording hy 🗑 -mete instrument for measuring r 🗑 -metr process of measuring y 🗑 -scop instrument for viewing e 🗑 -scop pertaining to visually examining ic 🗑 -scop process of visually examining y 🗑 -phag eat, swallow ia 🗑 -ule small 🗑 dis- apart 🗑 non- not 🗑