Medical Terminology: Chapter 4 - Suffixes

a-, an-

without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, toward

anti-

against

bi-

two, both

brady-

slow

con-

with, together

dia-

complete, through

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ec-

out, outside

endo-

within

epi-

upon, above

ex-, extra-

out, outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, more than normal, too much

hypo-

below, less than normal, under

in-

in, into

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal-

bad

meta-

change, beyond

neo-

new

para-

beside, near, along the side of

peri-

surrounding

post-

after, forward

pre-

before

pro-, pros-

before, forward

quadri-

four

re-, retro-

back, behind

sub-

under, less than

syn-

with, together

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond

uni-

one

abdomin/o

abdomen

an/o

anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

carpals (wrist bones)

cis/o

to cut

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

skull

cutane/o

skin

dur/o

dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surround the brain and spinal cord)

gen/o

to produce, begin

glyc/o

sugar

hemat/o

blood

later/o

side

nat/i

birth

neur/o

nerve

norm/o

rule, order

oste/o

bone

ox/o

oxygen

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)

plas/o

formation, growth, development

ren/o

kidney

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

son/o

sound

thyroid/o

thyroid gland (base of front of neck, below adam's apple)

top/o

to put, place, position

troph/o

development, nourishment

urethr/o

urethra (tube leading form the bladder to the outside of the body)

uter/o

uterus

ven/o

vein

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

-al

pertaining to

-ation

process, condition

-cision

process of cutting

-crine

secrete

-dipsia

thirst

-emia

blood condition

-gen

to produce

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining

-ism

condition, process

-lapse

to fall, slide

-lysis

loosening, breakdown, seperation, destruction

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-mortem

death

-oma

tumor, mass

-ous

pertaining to

-partum

birth

-pathy

disease

-phagia

eating

-phasia

speech

-plasia

formation (condition)

-plasm

formation (tissue)

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-ptom

happening, occurrence

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scopy

visual examination

-section

cutting into an organ, to cut