GLOSSARY OF ROOT, PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
Prefix + Root word + Suffix = Medical Term
PREFIXES
- ab(s) - from
- ad - towards
- an - without
- ambi / amphi - both
- ana - up to, move from
- aniso - unequal
- ante - before, forwards
- anti - against, opposite
- bi - two
- bio - life
- brachy - short
- cata - down
- circum - around
- con - together
- contra - against
- cyte - cell
- de - away from
- di - two
- diplo - double
- dur - hard, firm
- dys - bad, abnormal
- e / ec / ecto /ek - out of
- em / en / endo - in, into
- ent - within
- epi - on
- eso - carry
- eury - broad
- ex / exo - out of
- extra - beyond
- hapto - bind
- hemi - half
- hept - seven
- hetero - different
- homo - same
- hyper - in excess, excessive
- hypo - below, deficient
- im / in - not
- infra - below, underneath
- inter - among, between
- intro - during
- iso - equal
- juxta - adjacent
- macro / magno / mega - large
- medi / meso - middle
- mega / megalo - large
- meta - beyond, between
- micro - small
- neo - new
- non - not
- ob - before
- octa / octo - eight
- pachy - thick
- para - beside
- pent - five
- per - by, through
- peri - around
- pleo - more than normal or usual
- poly - many
- post - behind
- pre - before
- pros / prox - beside
- pseudo - false
- quar - four
- re - back, again
- retro - backwards
- rrhagia / rrhage - bursting
- rrhaphy - stitch, suture
- rrhea - flow, discharge
- rrhexis - rupture
- semi - half
- sex - six
- sept - seven
- sub - under
- super / supra - above, over
- syn / sys - together
- tetra - four
- trans - accross
- uni - one
- ultra - beyond
ROOT
- acanth - spine
- acou - hear
- acro - extremity, sharp
- acu - sharp, abrupt sudden
- adeno - gland
- adipo - fat
- aero - air
- algo - pain
- ambi - both sides
- amnio - bowl
- amph - both sides
- andro - male
- angio - vessel
- ankyl - bent, crooked
- anthro - man, human
- artero - artery (vessel carrying blood away from heart)
- arthro - joint
- artic - little joint
- asthma - sob, short of breath
- atri - entry chamber
- axilla - armpit
- axo - center
- aud / aur / aus - hear
- auto - self
- aux - make grow
- bact - rod
- blast - sprout
- bleph - eyelid
- brachi - arm
- brady - slow
- bronch - related to breathing
- bucc - cheeck
- burs - pocket
- case - deep cut
- calci - limestone
- calco - heel, spur
- calyc - cup
- campy - bend
- carbo - charcoal, carbon
- card(i) - heart
- carpo - wrist
- centesis - puncture
- centr - center
- ceph / cephal - head
- cept - seize
- cereb - brain
- cervic - neck
- chemo - chemistry
- chlor - green
- chol(e) - bile
- chondr - cartilage
- chron - time
- cise - deep cut
- cili - eyelash
- clast - break
- claustr - barrier
- coagul - clot
- cond - hard knob
- cox - hip
- corp - physical body
- crine - secretion
- cutis - skin
- cyan - blue
- cycl - circle
- cysto - urinary, bladder
- cyto - cell
- dacr - tear
- dactyl - fingers, digits
- dens / dent - tooth
- derm - skin
- desis - binding
- dextro - right
- didym - twin
- digit - finger, toes
- dynia - pain
- echin - spiny
- ectasia - dilation
- edem(a) - excess
- enceph - brain
- entero - intestine
- erythro - red
- esthesia - perception
- fer - carrying, bearing
- flect / flex - bend
- fora / foro - make a hole
- fract / frag / fring - break
- gangl - knot
- gastr - stomach
- gen / genesis - origin
- genu - knee
- ger - old
- gest - bring forth
- gleno - shoulder
- glob - sphere
- gloss - tongue
- glute - buttocks
- gynec - female
- hem - blood
- hepat - liver
- hernia - rupture
- hidr - sweat
- histo - tissue
- hydro - water
- hypno - sleep
- hystero - uterus
- iatric - healing
- idio - self
- ject - throw, send
- junc / jug / jux - join together
- lachry - tear
- labio - lip
- lact(o) - milk
- latero - side
- lein - spleen
- levo - left sided
- liga - bind together
- lith - stone
- lumbo - lower back
- lysis - breaking down
- mal(i) - bad
- medulla - soft inner part
- mere - part
- manu - hand
- mast - breast
- melia - limb
- mnem / mnes - memory
- morb - sick
- morph - shape
- myo - muscle
- narco - sleep
- naso - sleep
- necro - dead, decay
- nephr - kidney
- neuro - nerve
- olfact - smell
- oma / onco - tumor, lump, mass
- op / opth - eye
- oro - mouth
- ortho - straight
- ost - bone
- partum - birth
- patho - disease
- pect - chest
- pes / ped - foot
- phage - eat
- phlebo - vein
- plantar - sole of foot
- pod - foot
- pre / pro - before
- procto - rectum
- pron - face down
- psyche - spirit, mind
- pulmo - lung
- punct - prick, puncture
- rhino - nose
- sang - blood
- sclero - hard
- sthen - strength
- stom - mouth
- tricho - hair
- trophy - grow
- vaso - blood vessel
- veno - vein
- vert - turn
- viscero - innards
SUFFIXES
- ase - fermenter
- cide - killer
- ectomy - cut out
- form - shaped
- iasis - full of
- ism - theory of
- itis - inflammation
- ize - do
- logy - study of
- megaly - large
- oma - tumor
- osis - full of
- pathy - disease of
- penia - lack of
- plexi - fix
- rhea - discharge
- tomy - cut
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