vet tech prefix and suffixes

ante-, pre-

before

anti-

against

de-

down, removal of

dys-

painful, abnormal

mal-

bad

mega-

large

neo-

new

peri-

around

post-

after

trans-

across, through

-al, -ac, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous

pertaining

-ation, -ia, -ism

process/condition

-cele

hernia

-chezia

poop

-gen

producing/forming

-iasis, -osis

abnormal condition

-lithiasis

abnormal condition of stones

-lysis

breakdown

-megaly

enlargment

-orexia

appetite

-otic

pertaining to the abnormal condition

-pexy

surgical attachment

-phagia

eat/swallow

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow/discharge

-stalsis

contraction

-statis

stopping/controlling

-stomy

new opening to the outside of the body

-tomy

incision or process of cutting into

-um

thing, tissue, pertaining to

par-

abnormal

-derma

skin

-ema

condition

bi-

bi-

ec-

outside

en-

in/within

mono-

one

macro-

big

micro-

small

pan-

all

a-, an-

no, not, without

brachy-

short

dia-

through, complete

dolicho-

long

endo-

in, within

epi-

above, upon, on

ex-, exo-

out, away from

extra-

outside of

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, less than normal

in-

in

intra-

within

meso-

middle

pro-

before, forward

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, back

sub-

under

trans-

across, through

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid or gasc

-cyte

cell

-cytosis

increase in cell number

-drome

to run

-ectomy

removal, excision, resection

-emia

blood condition

-emic

pertaining to a blood condition

-genic

produced by or in

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-emia

process