UW CLAS205 // Lessons 1-10: All Prefixes & Suffixes

a- (an- before vowels or h)

"not," "without"

amphi-, ampho-

"both," "on both sides of," "around"

ana- (an- before vowels or h)

"up," "back," "again"

anti- (ant- before vowels or h)

"against," "opposite"

apo- (ap- before vowels or h)

"from," "off," "away"

cata- (cat- before vowels or h)

"down," "against," "according to," "very"

dia- (di- before vowels or h)

"through," "across," "between"

dys-

"bad," "disordered," "difficult"

es-, eis-

"inward," "into"

ec- (ex- before vowels or h)

"out," "out of," "outside"

en- (em-, el-)

"in," "into," "inward"

en- + anti-

"opposite"

endo-, ento- (end-, ent- before vowels and h)

"within," "inner"

epi- (ep- before vowels and h)

"upon," "on," "to," "in addition to"

eu-

"well," "good," "normal"

exo-, ecto-

"outside," "external"

hyper-

"over," "excessive," "more than normal"

hypo- (hyp-, before vowels or h)

"below," "deficient," "less than normal," "somewhat"

meta- (met-, before vowels or h)

"after," "change," "transfer"

para- (par-, before vowels or h)

"beside," "resembling," "disordered," "associated"

peri-

"around," "near"

pro-

"before," "in front of," "forward"

pros-

"toward," "in addition to," "fronting"

syn-, (sym-, syl-, sy-, sys-)

"with, "together"

-al

AFS, "pertaining to," "like," "belonging to," "having the character of"

-an (-ian)

AFS, "pertaining to," "like," "one connected with"

-ous (-ious)

AFS, "full of," "pertaining to," "like"

-ic, -tic (-ac after i)

AFS, "pertaining to," "like"

-ics, -tics

AFS, "art science, or study of"

-oid, -ode

AFS, "like," "having the shape of"

-ia, -y

NFS, "state of," "condition of," "quality of"

-ician

NFS, "specialist in," "practitioner of"

-idae, -ida, -id

NFS, "descended from," "related to"

-in, -ine

NFS, "chemical substance"

-ism, -ismus

NFS, "condition of" ("belief in")

-itis

NFS, "inflammation of," "inflammatory disease of"

-ium

NFS, "part," "lining or enveloping tissue," "region"

-ma, -m, -me

NFS, "result of the act of"

-oma

NFS, usually "tumor arising in or composed of," occasionally "swelling containing," rarely "diseased condition," "result of" (related to -ma in Lesson 8)

-osis

NFS, "diseased condition of," "act of," "process of" (related to -sis in Lesson 8)

-sis, -sia, -sy, -se

NFS, "act of," "process of" (sometimes "result of the act of")

-ter

NFS, "means of," "place for"

-ist, -ast

NFS, "one who"

-te, -t

NFS, "one who," "that which" (-tes)

-us

NFS, "individual," "person"

-ectomy

NFS, "surgical removal of"

-emia (-hemia)

NFS, "condition of the blood," "congestion of blood"

-genous, -genic

NFS, "producing," "produced"

-hedron

NFS, "solid figure having a (specified) number of faces"

-iasis

NFS, "diseased condition"; often refers to an infestation by parasites

-logy

NFS, "science of," "systemic study of"

-lysis

NFS, "dissolution of or by" ("surgical division or separation")

-mania

NFS, "madness for or about"

-meter

NFS, "instrument for measuring," "measure"

-metry

NFS, "art or science of measuring"

-nomy

NFS, "science of," "system of laws governing"

-oecious

NFS, "having a house or dwelling"

-pathy

NFS, "disease of," "treatment of disease of or by"

-philous, -philic

NFS, "loving," "thriving in," "pollinated by the agency of"

-phobia

NFS, "abnormal fear of"

-plasty

NFS, "formation," "plastic surgical operation"

-rrhea

NFS, "abnormal flow or discharge"

-stomy

NFS, "the making of a surgical opening"

-therapy

NFS, "treatment of or by"

-tomy

NFS, "surgical operation on," "surgical cutting of"

-uria

NFS, "condition of the urine"