Prefixes and Suffixes A&P

a, an

without

ab

away from

ad

toward

ante

before

anti

against

aut

self

bi

both, two

brady

slow

circum

round

contra

against

di

two

diplo

double

dys

painful, difficult

ecto

outside

endo, intra

inside

epi

upper, above

hemi

half

hyper

excessive, above, more than

hypo

deficient, below, less than

inter

between

later

side

lipo

fat

mal

bad, difficult

mega/macro

large

micro

small

mono, uni

one, single

neo

new

ortho

straight

peri

around

poly

many, much

post

behind, after

pre

before, in front of

pro

forward

pseudo

false

retro

backward, behind

semi

half

sub

below

tachy

fast

tele

distant, far

trans

across

ultra

beyond, excess

a, ac, al

pertaining to

algia

pain

ase

enzyme

centre

puncture

cide

causing death

cente

puncture

dipsia

thirst

ectomy

surgical removal

emesis

vomit

emia

blood

esthesia

sensation

genesis, genic

origin, source

gram, graph

pictures, record

ia

a disease

iasis

abnormal condition

ism

state of

itis

inflammation

lysis

destruction

malacia

softening

megaly

enlarged

oid

like, similar

ologist

specialist

ology

study of

oma

tumor

orrhagia

hemorrhage

orrhea

flow

osis

condition of

ostomy

surgical opening

pathy

disease

penia

deficiency

phobia

fear

plasty

surgical repair

plegia

stroke, paralysis

pnea

breathing

ptosis

drooping down

sclerosis

hardening

scope

picture, inspection

stasis

stoppage

toxic

poisonous

trophy

development, growth

uria

urine