Ch 1 Prefixes and Suffixes

a- / an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

de-

without

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, inner

epi-

above

eu-

normal

ex-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below, insufficient

in-

npt, inward

inter-

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside, abnormal, two like parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre- / pro-

before

pseudo-

false

re-

again

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

under

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri- / tetra-

4

semi-

partial, half

tri-

3

-algia

pain

-cele

protrusion

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

imflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasm

formation

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

norrowing

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

development

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-tome

instrument to cut

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of visually examining