general terms

a-, an-

Absence of, without, not

ab-

Away from, take away

ad-

Toward, to, near

ambi-, ambo-

Both

amphi-

Double, both sides

ana-

Up, apart

ante-

Before, in front of, forward

anti-

Opposing, against

ap-, apo-

Separated, derived from

aut-, auto-

Self, by yourself

bi-, di-

Two, twice, double

brachy-

Short

brady-

Slow

cata-

Down, lower, against

circum-

Around

co-, con-, com-

Together, with

contra-

Against, opposed to

de-

Down, from

dia-

Through, apart, across, between

dis-

Apart from, free from

dys-

Bad, painful, difficult

e-, ec-, ex-

From, away from, out of

ect-, ecto-, exo-

Outside, outer

em-, en-, im-, in-

In, within

end-, endo-, ent-, ento-

Within, inner

epi-, ep-

Upon, over, on

eu-

Normal

extra-, extro-

Beyond, outside, outward

hemi-, semi-

Half, partial

hyper-

Above, excessive

hypo-

Below, beneath, deficient

infra-

Below, beneath

inter-

Between

intra-

Within, inside

intro-

Into, within

iso-

Same, equal

macro-

Large

mal-

Bad

mes-, meso-

Middle

meta-

Beyond, changing

micro-, micr-

Small, tiny

mono-, uni-

One

mult-, multi-

Many, multiple

neo-

New, recent

nulli-

None

oligo-

Small amount

ortho-

Straight, normal

pan-

All

para-

Beside, beyond, after

per-

Through

peri-

Around

poly-

Many, excessive

post-

After, behind

pre-, pro-

Before, in front of

presby-

Old age

pseudo-

False

quadri-

Four

re-

Again, backward

retro-

Behind, backward

sub-

Under, beneath

super-, supra-

Above, excessive, superior

sym-, syn-

Together, with

tachy-

Fast, rapid

trans-

Across, through

tri-

Three

ultra-

Beyond, excessive

abdomin/o

Abdomen

andr/o

Male

angi/o

Vessel

arteri/o

Artery

arthr/o

Joint

audi/o

Hearing

bronch/o

Bronchus

cardi/o

Heart

carcin/o

Cancer

cholecyst/o

Gallbladder

chondr/o

Cartilage

col/o

Colon

cyst/o

Bladder or cyst

cyt/o

Cell

encephal/o

Brain

erythr/o

Red

esophag/o

Esophagus

gastr/o

Stomach

glyc/o

Sugar

gynec/o

Female reproductive system

hemat/o, hem/o

Blood

hist/o

Tissue

hyster/o

Uterus

leuk/o

White

my/o

Muscle

nephr/o

Kidney

neur/o

Nerve

pneum/o

Lung

thorac/o

Chest

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-cele

Hernia, protrusion

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-emia

Blood condition