Useful Combining prefixes/suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- ab-
- away from
- ad-
- toward
- -algia
- pain
- amphi-
- both sides
- -a-
- without
- an-
- without
- ana
- up
- angio-
- blood vessels
- ante-
- before
- antero-
- before
- apo-
- away from
- arthr-
- joint
- bi-
- two
- blast-
- germ; signifying growth
- brachy-
- short
- brady-
- slow
- capit-
- head, toward head end
- -carpal
- wrist
- -cele
- tumor
- cephalo-
- head, toward head end
- -cle
- implies something small
- -cule
- implies something small
- com-
- with or together with
- con-
- with or together with
- contra-
- opposite
- cor-
- heart
- circum
- around
- corp-
- body
- crus-
- cross, leglike part
- crur-
- cross, leglike part
- -cyte
- cell
- de-
- away from
- dextro-
- right
- -dynia
- pain
- dys-
- with difficulty
- ec-
- out of
- ecto-
- on outer side
- -ectomy
- excision
- -emia
- blood
- endo-
- toward the interior
- ep-
- upon or above something else
- epi-
- upon or above something else
- etio-
- cause or origin
- ex-
- out of, toward surface
- extra-
- outside
- extero-
- aimed outward or nearer to the surface
- -gen
- producing
- -genic
- producing
- hemi-
- half
- hyper-
- above
- hypo-
- below, decreased
- idio-
- peculiar
- infra-
- below
- inter-
- between
- intero-
- aimed inward
- intra-
- within
- intro-
- into
- ipsi-
-
same
ipsilateral-same side - iso-
- equal
- -itis
-
inflammation
bursitis-inflammation of the bursa - latero-
- side
- lepto-
- thick
- leuco-
- white
- levo-
- left
- macro-
- large
- medio-
- middle
- megalo-
- large
- meso-
- middle
- meta-
- after; mounted or built upon
- micro-
- small
- mono-
- single
- morph-
- form
- my-
- pertaining to muscle
- myelo-
- pertaining to spinal cord
- myo-
- pertaining to muscle
- naso-
- nose
- neo-
- new
- neuro-
- nerve
- oculo-
- eye
- -oma
-
morbid condition of a part, often a tumor
glaucoma - oro-
- mouth
- ortho
- straight
- -osis
- condition
- osseo-
-
hardened or bony part
ossification - osteo-
- bone
- palato-
- palate
- para
- beside
- patho-
-
abnormal in some way
pathology - -pathy
-
disease
neuropathy-disease of nerves - -penia
- poverty
- ped-
- child or foot
- per
- passing through
- peri
- around
- -plasty
- molding, forming
- -poiesis
- making
- -phage
- eating
- -phagia
- eating
- -pher-
- bearing or carrying
- -plasia
-
growth
dysplasia-bad growth - -plasitc
- capable of being molded
- poly-
- many
- post-
- after
- postero-
- behind
- pachy-
- thick
- pre-
- before
- pro-
- before
- proto-
- primitive form
- quadra-
- four
- quadri-
- four
- -rrhea
- discharge
- -raphy
- suturing or stitching
- re-
- curved back
- retro-
- backward
- scirrho-
- hard
- scleo-
- hard
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- scolio-
-
curved
scoliosis - semi-
- half
- sinistro-
- left
- soma-
- pertaining to the body
- somato-
- pertaining to the body
- steno-
- narrow
- strepto-
- swift
- sub-
- under
- sup-
- under; moderately
- super-
- above; excessively
- supra-
- above, upon
- sym-
-
with or together
symphony-sounds together - syn-
-
with or together
synchronous - tachy-
- swift
- -tarsal
- ankle
- telo-
- far from, toward extreme
- tetra-
- four
- -tomy
- cutting
- trans-
- beyond or on the other side
- tri-
- three
- -trophy
- growth, usually expanding
- -trophic
- related to nourishment
- -tropy
- implies seeking or heading for something
- uni-
- one