Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words Master List

Comprehensive practice flashcards for the medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words master list provided in the lecture notes.

a-, an-

not; without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-

before; in front of

anti-

against

auto-

self

bi-

two; both

brady-

slow

circum-

around

con-

together; with

contra-

against

de-

down; lack of

di-

two; double

dia-

through; complete

dys-

painful; difficult; abnormal

ec-

out; outside

echo-

sound

em-

in

en-, endo-

in; within

epi-

upon; above

exo-, ex-

outward; away from

extra-

outside

hemi-

half

hyper -

above; excessive

hypo-

below; deficient

in-

in; into; not

inter -

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

mega-

large

meta-

change; beyond

micro-

small

mono-

one

multi-

many

neo-

new

non-

not

oligo-

few; scanty

pan-

all

para-

near; beside; abnormal

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-, pro-

before

quadri-

four

retro-

backward

semi-

half

sub-

below

supra-

above

syn-

together

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond; excessive

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-algia, -dynia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-ation, -ion

process; condition

-blast

immature cell

-cele

hernia; swelling

-centesis

surgical puncture

-clast

to break

-cyte

cell

-derma, -dermis

skin

-edema

swelling

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-emic

pertaining to blood

-esthesia

sensation

-gen, -genic

producing; produced by

-genesis

formation

-globulin

protein

-gram

record; image

-graph, -graphy

recording process

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

-kinesia, -kinesis

movement

-lepsy

seizure

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-lysis, -lytic

breakdown

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter, -metry

measure

-necrosis

tissue death

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-opia

vision condition

-opsy

view

-osis

abnormal condition

-osmia

smell condition

-ostomy

surgical opening

-otomy, -tomy

incision

-paresis

weakness

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-pexy

fixation

-phage, -phagia

eating; swallowing

-phasia

speech

-philia, -phil

attraction