Science Prefixes /Suffixes
Intro. to Science at AAMI
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- many (much)
- Poly
- relating to sensation
- esthesia
- rupture
- rrhexis
- creation of an opening
- stomy
- tooth
- Odonto
- nourishment
- trophia
- sugar
- Glyco
- behind (backward)
- Retro
- kidney
- Nephro
- same
- Iso
- kidney pelvis
- Pyelo
- away from
- Ab
- cell
- cyte
- stone
- Litho
- losing
- lysis
- fungus
- Myco
- after
- Post
- dilation
- ectasis
- nerve
- Neuro
- outside
- Ecto
- tumor
- cele
- half
- Hemi
- between
- Inter
- shape
- Morpho
- removal
- De
- near (beside)
- Para
- eating
- phagia
- glandular
- Adeno
- two (twice)
- Di
- eye
- Opthalmo
- order, arrangement of
- taxia
- different
- Hetero
- producing
- genic
- urine
- Uro
- tumor
- oma
- nucleus
- Nucleo
- vein
- Phlebo
- life
- Bio
- hair
- Pilo
- both
- Ambi
- woman
- Gyn
- around
- Circum
- excision
- ectomy
- air
- Pneumo
- outside
- Extra
- nose
- Naso
- weakness
- asthenia
- two
- Bi
- heart
- Cardio
- stomach
- Gastro
- nose
- Rhino
- nucleus
- Karyo
- to or toward
- Ad
- disease
- Patho
- ear
- Oto
- around
- Peri
- little
- Oligo
- black
- Melan
- above
- Super
- animal
- Zoo
- self
- Auto
- blood serum
- Sero
- through
- Dia
- inflamation
- itis
- testis
- Orch
- rectum
- Procto
- sac
- Cyst
- to eat
- Phago
- hardening
- Sclero
- affected with
- osis
- science of
- ology
- skull
- Cranio
- color
- Chromo
- bile
- Chole
- blood
- emia
- inside
- Endo
- death
- Necro
- above (more)
- Hyper
- large
- Mega
- flowing or bursting forth
- rrhagia
- without
- An
- absence (removal)
- Dis
- gray
- Polio
- disease
- pathy
- across
- Trans
- on both sides
- Amphi
- before
- Pre
- not
- In
- thick
- Pachy
- within
- Intra
- being affected with
- osis
- muscle
- Myo
- bad (poor)
- Mal
- cutting into
- tomy
- sugar
- Saccharo
- red
- Erythro
- discharge
- rrhea
- same
- Homo
- marrow
- Myelo
- skin
- Derm
- below (less)
- Hypo
- foot
- Podo
- liver
- Hepato
- brain
- Cerebro
- intestine
- Entero
- clavicle
- Cleido
- white
- Leuco
- many
- Pleo
- being affected with
- asis
- bone
- Osteo
- small
- Micro
- arm
- Brach
- blood
- Hemo
- pain
- algia
- lack of
- penia
- tissue
- Histo
- germ
- blast
- between (middle)
- Meso
- against
- Anti
- before
- Ante
- joint
- Arthro
- milk
- Lact
- cartilage
- Chondro
- all
- Pan
- pus
- Pyo
- one
- Uni
- egg
- Oo
- air or breathing
- pnea
- large
- Macro
- one
- Mono
- practice of healing
- iatrics
- blood
- Hemato
- light
- Photo
- falling
- ptosis
- beneath
- Infra
- glassy
- Hyalo
- not
- Im
- to do with urine
- uria
- uterine tube
- Salping
- above
- Supra
- many
- Multi
- softening
- malacia
- false
- Pseudo
- fear
- phobia
- outside
- Exo
- new
- Neo
- pertaing to strength
- sthen
- three
- Tri
- fat
- Lipo
- round bacterium
- coccus
- urine
- Urin
- speech
- phasia
- tongue
- Glosso
- defective (difficult)
- Dys
- slow
- Brady
- without
- A
- half
- Semi
- broad (flat)
- Platy
- beneath
- Sub
- above (upon)
- Epi
- affected with
- asis
- vessel
- Angio
- making, forming
- poiesis