Comprehensive Suffixes, Prefixes, and Root Words/Combining Forms

-al

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-iac

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-gram

record

-ia

condition of

-ian

specialist

-ist

specialist

-ism

condition, method, process

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oid

like, resembling

-oma

tumor

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument used to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

a-

no, not, without

an-

no, not, without

anti-

against

contra-

against

auto-

self

dia-

through, complete

dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult

endo-

within

ex-

out

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, below

mega-

large

peri-

around, surrounding

pro-

before

re-

back, again

sub-

under, below

trans-

across, through

abdomin/o

abdomen

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

cutane

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

cyt/o

cell

dors/o

back portion of the body

gastr/o

stomach

hemat/o

blood

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

nephr/o

kidney

ren/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

oste/o

bone

oss/i

bone

osse/o

bone

ot/o

ear

pelv/o

hip, pelvic cavity

pelvi/o

hip, pelvic cavity

phleb/o

vein

rhin/o

nose

thorac/o

chest

vertebr/o

vertebrae, backbone