Module 3/Appendix C: Prefixes and Suffixes
Terms
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- brady-
- slow
- mal-
- bad, sick
- tachy-
- rapid, fast
- ante-
- before
- anti-
- against
- con-
- together, with
- contra-
- against
- de-
- down, down from
- dis-
- undo, free from
- ecto-
- outside, outer
- extra-
- outside of, beyond, in addition
- hemi-
- half
- infra-
- below, under
- para-
- beside, beyond, abnormal
- per-
- through
- pre-
- before, in front of
- pseudo-
- false
- super-
- above,over
- syn-
- with, together
- primi-
- first
- mono-
- one
- uni-
- one
- di-
- two
- semi-
- half
- tri-
- three
- quad-
- four
- multi-
- many
- xantho-
- yellow
- pan-
- all
- macro-
- large
- micro-
- small
-
megalo-
mega- - large
- neo-
- new
- normo-
- normal
- orth/o-
- straight
- meso-
- middle
-
syn-
sym- - together
- anterior (ventral)
- towards the front of the body
- posterior (dorsal)
- towards the back of the body
- medial
- towards the midline of the body
- lateral
- towards the side of the body
- proximal
- nearer to point of attachment
- distal
- farther from point of attachment
- superior
- above
- inferior
- below
- cranial (cephalic)
- towards the head
- caudal
- towards the lower end of the spine
- superficial
- close to the surface of the body
- deep
- close to the center of the body
- circum-
- around
- lith-
- stone
- pyr/o-
- fever
- sclera-
- hard
- tox/o-
- poison, toxic
- xer/o-
- dry
- -meter
- measure, instrument for measuring
- -oid
- resembling
-
-la
-y
-ment - condition
-
-er
-or - one who
- -penia
- deficiency, lack of
- -otomy
- incision
- -ostomy
- formation of a new opening
- -agra
- violent pain, excessive pain
- -cele
- herniation
- -phobia
- abnormal fear
- -plegia
- stroke, paralysis
- -spasm
- spasm, twitch
- -pexy
- fixation, to put in place
- -plasty
- surgical repair, plastic surgery
- -phagia
- eating, swallowing
- -therapy
- treatment
- -ectasis
- dilation, stretching
- -clysis
- irrigation, washing
- -ectopia
- displacement
- -kinesia
- movement
- -philia
- love
- -plasia
- formation, development
- -uria
- condition of urine
- -algesia
- excessive sensitivity to pain
- -blast
- embryonic cell
- -emesis
- vomiting
- -esthesia
- feeling
- -hemia
- blood condition
- -opia
- vision
- -pepsia
- digestion
- -phoria
- feeling, mental state
- -ptosis
- prolapse, sagging
- -sepsis
- infection
- -stasis
- checking, stopping, controlling
- -trophy
- development
- -genesis
- formation
- -clasis
- breaking up, dissolution
- -poiesis
- formation, generation
- -mania
- madness, insane
- -edema
- swelling
- -asthenia
- loss of strength
- -genic
- forming, producing
- -cyesis
- pregnancy
- -orexia
- appetite
- -dipsia
- thirst
- dilatation
- widening
- -ectasia
- dialation
- -lysis
- separation
- -tripsy
- crushing
- -ectopy
- malposition