Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Terms
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- -able
- capable
- -al
-
expressing relationship
- -algia
- pain
- -ary
-
associated with
- -asis
-
condition, state of
- -blast
-
bud, germ
- -c
-
expressing relationship
- -cele
- hollow
- -cide
- kill
- -clast
-
smash, break
- -cyte, cyto-
- cell
- -duct-
-
leading, drawing
- -dynia
- pain
- -ectomy
-
cut out
- -edem-
- swell
- -emia
- blood
- -ferent
- carry
- -form
-
expressing resemblence
- -genesis
-
produce, orgin
- -gram
- a drawing
- -graph
-
instrument that records
- -ia,-id
-
expressing condition
- -iatr
-
treat, cure
- -im
- not
- -ism
-
condition, state of
- -itis
- inflammation
- -ity
-
expressing condition
- -kin-
- move
- -liga-
- bind
- -logy
- study
- -lysis
- breaking up, dissolving
- -morph-
- form
- -oid
-
expressing resemblence
- -oma
- tumor
- -op-
-
see, sight
-
-ory
-
referring to
- -ose
-
full of
- -osis
- a condition of
- -ous
-
expressing material
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- deficiency
- -phag
- eat
- -phas-
-
speak, utter
- -phil-
-
like, love
- -phobia
-
fear of
- -plas-
- form, grow
- -plegia
- paralyze
- -pne-
- breathe
- -poie-
-
making, production
- -rrhagia
- burst forth, pour
- -rrhea
- flow, discharge
- -sclero-
- hard
- -scope
- examine
- -stasis
-
stop, stand still
- -stomy
- to make an artificial opening
- -tomy
-
cut, incise
- -troph-
- nourish
- -tropic
-
changing, influencing
- -uria
- urine
-
a-, an-
- without; lack of
- ab-
-
away from
-
acou-
- hearing
- acr-
- extremity
- ad-
-
to, toward, near to
- adeno-
- gland
- angio-
- vessel
- ante-
- before, forward
- anti-
- agaisnt, reversed
- arthr-
- joint
- auto-
- self
- bi-
-
twice, double
- bio-
- live
- brady-
- show
- carcin-
- cancer
- cardio-
- heart
- cata-
-
down, according to
- cephal-
- head
- cerebro-
- brain
- chol-
- bile
- cholecyst-
- gallbladder
- chondr-
- cartilage
- circum-
-
around, about
-
co-, com-, con-
- with, togther
- contra-
-
agains, opposite
- crypto-
- hidden
- cysto-
-
bladder, sac
-
de-
-
away from
- derm-
- skin
- di-
- two
- dia-
-
through, apast, across
- dis-
-
reversal, apart from
- dys-
-
difficult, bad
- e-
-
out, away from
- ecto-
- on outer side
-
em-, en-
- in
- endo-
- within
- entero-
- intestine
- epi-
-
upon, on
- erythro-
- red
- eu-
-
well, good
- ex-
-
out, away from
- exo-
-
outside, on other side
- extra-
- outside
- gastro-
- stomach
- gloss-
- tongue
- glyco-
-
sugar, sweet
- hem-
- blood
- hemi-
- half
- hepato-
- liver
- hetero-
- different, other
- hist-
- tissue
- homeo-, homo-
- same
- hydro-
-
water, wet
- hyper-
- over, above, excessive
- hypo-
-
under, below, deficient
- in-
-
in, into
- infra-
-
below, beneath
- inter-
- between
- intra-
- within
- iso-
-
equal, the same
- kerato-
-
cornea or horny tissure
- leuko-
- white
- lip-
- fat
- macro-
- large
- mal-
- bad
- malaco-
- soft
- mast-
- breast
- mega-
- great
- melano-
- black
- meso-
- middle, mid
- meta-
-
beyond, after, change
- micro-
- small
- mito-
-
thread, filament
- mono-
- one, single
- multi-
-
many, much
- myele-
-
marrow, spinal cord
- myo-
- muscle
- narco-
- numbness
- neo-
- new
- nephro-
- kidney
- neuro-
- nerve
- oculo-
- eye
- odonto-
- tooth or teeth
- oligo-
-
few, scanty, little
- ophthalm-
- eye
- ortho-
-
straight, normal
- osteo-
- bone
- oto-
- ear
- para-
-
beside, beyond, near to
- per-
- through
- peri-
- around
- pleb-
- vein
- pneumo
-
air, gas, or lung
- pod-
- foot
- poly-
- many, much
- post-
- after, behind
-
pre-, pro-
-
before, in front of
- procto-
-
anus, rectum
- pseudo
- false
- psycho-
-
mind, crazy
- pyo-
- pus
- re-
-
back, again
- retro-
-
backward, located behind
- sarco-
-
flesh or fleshy
- semi-
- half
- somato-
- body
- steno-
- narrow
- sub-
- under
- super-
- above, upper, excessive
- supra-
-
above, upon
-
sym-, syn-
-
together, with
- tachy-
-
fast, swift
- therm-
- heat
- tox-
- poison
- trans-
- across, through
- tri-
- three
- vas-
- vessel
- vene-
- vein
- viscer-
-
internal orga
- zyg-
-
yoked, paried