Medical Prefixes and Suffixes: Anatomy and Pathology Terms

a-

without

ab-

from

-ac

pertaining to

ad-

to, toward

aden-, adeno-

gland

af-

toward

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

ana-

up, back

andro-

male

angio-

vessel

anti-, ant-

against

apo-

from

arachn-

spider

arthro-

joint

-asis, -asia

state, condition

astro-

star

atel-

imperfect

baro-

pressure

bi-

two

blast-, -blast

precursor

brachi-

arm

brady-

slow

bronch-

windpipe, airway

cardi-, cardio-, -cardia

heart

-centesis

puncture

cerebro-

brain

chole-

bile

chondro-

cartilage

chrom-, chromo-

color

circum-

around

-clast

broken

coel-, -coel

cavity

contra-

against

cranio-

skull

cribr-

sieve

-crine

to separate

cyst-, -cyst

sac

desmo-

band

di-

twice

dia-

through

diure-

to urinate

dys-

painful

-ectasis

expansion

ecto-

outside

ef-

away from

emmetro-

in proper measure

encephalo-

brain

end-, endo-

inside

entero-

intestine

epi-

on

erythem-

flushed (skin)

erythro-

red

ex-

out, away from

ferr-

iron

-gen, -genic

to produce

genicula-

kneelike structure

genio-

chin

glosso-, -glossus

tongue

glyco-

sugar

-gram

record

-graph, -graphia

to write, record

gyne-, gyno-

woman

hem-, hemato-

blood

hemi-

half

hepato-

liver

hetero-

other

histo-

tissue

holo-

entire

homeo-, homo-

same

hyal-, hyalo-

glass

hydro-

water

hyo-

U-shaped

hyper-

above

ili-, ilio-

iliac

infra-

beneath

inter-

between

intra-

within

ipsi-

itself

iso-

equal

-itis

inflammation

karyo-

body

kerato-

horn

kino-, -kinin

to move

lact-, lacto-, -lactin

milk

-lemma

husk

leuko-

white

liga-

to bind together

lip-, lipo-

fat

lyso-, -lysis, -lyze

dissolution

mal-

abnormal

mammilla-

nipple

mast-, masto-

breast

mega-

big

mero-

part

meso-

middle

meta-

after, beyond

mono-

single

morpho-

form

-mural

wall