Greek Prefixes, Bases, and Suffixes

a

not, without

amphi, ampho

both, on both sides of

ana

up, back, again

anti

against, opposite

apo

from, off, away

cata

down, against, according to, very

dia

through, across, between

ALG

PAIN

ARTHR

JOIN (speech sound, articulation)

BI

LIFE

BALL, BOL, -BLE

TO THROW, TO PUT

BRADY

SLOW

CRYPT

HIDDEN

DROM

RUNNING, COURSE

GE

EARTH

HOD, OD

ROAD, WAY

MNE

TO REMEMBER

MORPH

FORM

ODONT

TOOTH

PHOR, PHER

TO BEAR, TO GO

PLEX

STROKE

PLEG

PARALYSIS

POD, PUS

FOOT

PROCT

ANUS

STOL, STAL, STLE

TO SEND

STOM, STOMAT

MOUTH, OPENING

TROP, TREP

TO TURN, RESPONSE TO STIMULUS:

UR

URINE

hyper

over, excessive, more than normal

hypo

below, deficient, less than normal

meta

after, change, transfer

para

beside, resembling, associated

peri

around, near

pro

before, in front of, forward

pros

toward, in addition to

syn

with, together

ACOU

TO HEAR

AMBLY

DULL

ANTH

FLOWER

CHROM / CHROMAT / CHRO

COLOR

DACTYL

FINGER / TOE

DE

TO BIND

DESM

LIGAMENT

ENTER

INTESTINE

ERG

WORK

ESTHE / AESTHE

TO FEEL, TO PERCIEVE

GER / GERONT

OLD PERSON

GNATH

JAW

GNO

TO KNOW

GRAPH

TO WRITE

GRAM

THING WRITTEN

HEPAT / HEPAR

LIVER

KINE (CINE)

TO MOVE

LEX

TO READ

MY / MYS / MYOS

MUSCLE

NEPHR

KIDNEY

OSM

SMELL

THE

TO PUT, TO PLACE

al

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of

an (-ian)

pertaining to, like, one connected with

ous (-ious)

full of, pertaining to, like

ic / tic

pertaining to, like

ics / tics

art, science, study of

oid / ode

having the shape of

AMYGDAL

ALMOND / TONSIL

ANDR

MAN / MALE

ANTHROP

HUMAN BEING

CHRON

TIME

CLAD

BRANCH

DYNAM / DYN

POWER

EME

TO VOMIT

GYMN

NAKED, UNCOVERED

GYN / GYNAEC

FEMALE

HELIC / HELIX

SPIRAL

HYDR

WATER, FLUID

IATR

PHYSICIAN, MEDICAL TREATMENT

MELAN

BLACK

NECR

CORPSE

OLIG

FEW

PED / PAED

CHILD

PHAG

TO EAT

PHIL

TO LOVE

POLY

MANY

TARS

EDGE OF EYE

emia

congestion or condition of the blood

logy

science of

lysis

dissolution of

mania

madness for

pathy

disease of

phobia

abnormal fear of

therapy

treatment of

tomy

surgical operation

ectomy

surgical removal of

uria

condition of the urine

ACR

EXTREMITY / SUMMIT

AMYL

STARCH

BAR

WEIGHT / PRESSURE

BLENN

MUCUS

CYT

CELL

DIPS

THIRST