A & P Prefixes and Suffixes

Goodson Anatomy Physiology Honors

able

able to

algia

pain

cele

tumor, swelling

centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

cide

killing, destructive

cule

little

cyte

cell

ectasia

dilating, stretching

ectomy

excision, surgical removal of

emia

blood

esis

action

form

shaped like

Genesis, genetic

formation, origin

gram

tracing, mark

graph

writing

ism

condition

itis

inflammation

ize

to treat

lith

stone, calculus

lithasis

presence of stones

lysis

disintegration

megaly

enlargement

meter

instrument that measures

oid

likeness, resemblance

oma

tumor

opathy

disease of

orrhaphy

surgical repair

osis

disease, condition of

ostomy

to form an opening or outlet

otomy

to incise

pexy

fixation

phage

ingesting

phobia

fear

plasty

plastic surgery

plegia

paralysis

rhage

to burst forth

rhea

excessive discharge

rhexis

rupture

scope

lighted instrument for visual

scopy

to examine visually

stomy

to form an opening

tomy

incision into

uria

urine

zyme

ferment

a, an, ar

without or not

ab

away from

acro

extremities

ad

toward, to

adeno

glandular

aero

air

ambi

around, on both sides

amyl

starch

ante

before, forward

anti

against, counteracting

bi

double

bili

bile

bio

life

bis

two

brachio

arm

brady

slow

broncho

bronchus

cardio

heart

cervico

neck

chole

gall or bile