CH3 (Part 3) - Laboratory Medical Terminology

Angi-, angio-

Blood vessel, vascular

En- em-

In, inside, into

Is, iso-

Equality, similarity, uniformity

Orth-, Ortho-

Straight, direct, normal

Retro-

Back, backward, behind

Supra-

Upon, above, beyond, exceeding

Un-

Not, without

A, an-

Lack, not, without

Ab-, a-

Away from, outside of

Ad-

To, toward

Ambi-, ambo-

Both

Anti-

Against

Bi-

Two, twice, double

Bio-

Life

Brady-

Slow

Circum-

Around, about

Co-, com-, con-, cor-

With, Together

Contra-, counter-

Against, opposite

Cyan-, cyano-

Dark blue, presence of cyanogen

Di-, dis-

Two, twice, double

Dipl-, Diplo-

Twofold, double, twin

Dis-, di-

Separation, reversal, apart from

Dys-

Abnormal, diseased, difficult, painful, unlike

End-, Endo-

Within, inner, internal

Enter-, Entero-

Intestine, Intestinal

Ep-, Epi-

Upon, beside, among, above

Erythr-, Erythro-

Red

Eu-

Good, well, normal, true

Ex-, e-, ef-

Out, away, without, from

Extra-

Outside of, beyond the scope of

Fibr-, Fibro-

Fiber, fibrous

Hemi-

Half, partial

Hom-, homo-

Common, like, same

Hyp-, Hypo-

Deficiency, lack, below

Hyper-

Excessive, above normal

Icter-, Ictero-

Icterus, jaundice

Immuno-

Immune, immunity

In-, Im-

Not, in, into

Inter-

Between, among

Intra-

Within, inside

Juxta-

Near, next to

Latero-

Lateral, to the side

Leuk-, leuc-, leuko-, leuco-

White, colorless, leukocyte

Macr-, Macro-

Large, great, long

Mal-

Wrong, abnormal, bad

Medi-, Medio-

Middle, medial, median

Meg-, mega-, megal-

Large, extended, enlarged, one million times as large as

Micr-, Micro-

Small, minute, one millionth

Mon-, mono-

Single, one, alone

Morph-, Morpho-

Form, structure

Multi-

Many, much, affecting many parts

Myel-, myelo-

Spinal cord; bone marrow

Ne-, Neo-

New, recent

Necr-, Necro-

Death

Non-

Not, ninth, nine

Normo-

Normal

Par-, para-

Near, beside, adjacent to

Path-, Patho-

Pathologic

Peri-

About, beyond, around

Poly-

Multiple, compound, complex

Post-

After

Pre-

Before

Pro-

Front, forward, before

Proct-, Procto-

Rectum, anus

Prot-, Proto-

First, primitive, early

Pseudo-

False, deceptively resembling

Re-

Again, back

Semi-

Half

Ser-, seri-, sero-

Serum, serous

Sub-

Under, less than

Super-

Above, upon, extreme

Tachy-

Rapid, quick, accelerated

Trans-

Through, across

Uni-

One

Syn-

Together, with