Biomedical Terminology: Unit 1: Chapter 4

a, an

no, not, without

ab

away from

ad-

toward

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

auto-

self, own

bi-

two (prefix)

brady-

slow

cata-

down

con-

with, together

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, lack of

dia-

through, complete

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ec-, ecto

out, outside (2)

endo

in, within

epi-

upon, on, above

eu-

good, normal

ex-

out, outside, away from

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, under

in-

not

in-

into, within

infra-

beneath, under

Inter-

between

intra-

in, within, into

marco

large

mal-

bad

meta-

beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

abnormal, beside, near

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-, pros-

before, forward (2)

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, backwards

sub-

under

supra-

above, upper

syn-, sym-

together, with

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one

carp/o

wrist bones

cis/o

to cut

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

duct/o

to lead, carry

flex/o

to bend

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar

immun/o

protection

morph/o

shape, form

mort/o

death

nat/i

birth

norm/o

rule, order

ox/o

oxygen

pub/o

pubis, anfterior position of pelvic or hipbone

seps/o

infection

somn/o

sleep

son/o

sound

the/o

to put, place

tens/o

force, strain, stretch

thel/o, theli/o (2)

nipple

thyr/o

thyroid gland, sheild

top/o

place, position, location

tox/o

poison

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

urethr/o

urethra

-blast

embryonic, immature

-crine

to secrete

-drome

to run

-fusion

coming together, to pour

-gea

substance that produces

-las[e

to slide, fall, sag

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-or

one who

-oxia

oxygen

-partum

birth, labor

-phoria

to bear, carry, feeling

-physis

to grow

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasm

structure or formation

-pnea

breathing

-ptom

happening

-ptosis

falling, dropping, prolaspe

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-trophy

development, nourishment