Medical terminology all prefixes + suffixes exam

a-, an, non

without, not

ab-, ef-

away

ad-, af-

toward

adi-, lip(o)

fat

-alg

pain

ana-

up

ang(i)-

vessel

ante-, pre-, pro-

before

anti-, contra-

against, resisting

aqua(e)-, hydr

water

arthr(o), artic-

joint

-ase

enzyme

audi-

hear

aut(o)-

self

bi-, di-, diplo

two

brachy-, brev(i)-

short

brady-

slow

bronch-

airway

card-

heart

cat-

down

cent-

100/th

-centesis

puncture

cephal-, -ceps

head

chol-, cystic

gallbladder

chondr-

cartilage

-cide

kill

circ-, peri-

around

-clast

break, destroy

co-, con-, sym, syn, sys

with, together

coel-, sinu-

cavity, space

corp-, soma-

body

-crine

secrete, release

cut, derm

skin

cyan-

blue

-cyte

cell

bradycardia

slower than normal heart rate

bronchitis

airway inflammation

arthritis

joint inflammation

hydrocephalus

water in brain

dactyl-, digit

finger or toe

dec(k)

10, 1/10th

dent, dont

tooth/teeth

dia-, per-, trans-

through, separate, across

dys-, mal-

bad, painful, difficult

What is an orthodontist?

one who specializes in straightening teeth

What is dyspnea?

difficulty breathing

-ectomy, -tom, -sect

cut, cut out

ectop-

displaced

edem-

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

en-, endo-, intra-

inside, within

epi-

upon, over, above

equi-, homo-, iso-

same, equal, balanced

erythr-

red

-esthe

sensation

ex-, ecto-

outside

fasci-

bundle

foram-

opening

gastr-

stomach

-gen, poie-, blast

create, form

ger (o, i) -

aging, old

glom-

ball

gloss/tt, lingu

tongue

gluc-, gly, -ose

sugar

gyn

woman

-gram

something written/a record

-graph

writing apparatus (ex. electrocardiograph)

-graphy

use of writing apparatus

hem-

blood

hemi-, semi-

half

hepat-

liver

hex-

six

hist-

tissue

hyper-

over, excessive

hypo-, infra-, infer-, sub-

under, below, less

hyster-, metr-

uterus

-iasis, -osis

condition of

-itis

inflammation of

inter-

between

kilo-, milli-

1000, 1000th

kin-

to move, divide

lact-

milk

lapar-

abdomen

leuk(c)-

white

lig-

connect, bind

-logy, -ist, -ician

study of, specialist

lys, lyze

break apart, dissolve

macr-, mega, magn-

large

mamm-, mass-, pect-

breast, chest

-mania

obsession, compulsion

med-, meso-, meta-

middle

-megaly

enlargement

melano-

black

mens-

month

-metric, -meter

measurement, length

micro-, -ole, -ule,

small

mnem-

memory

mono-, uni-

one

morph, -plasty

shape