M.T: Vocab List 1 (BASE, PREFIX, SUFFIX)

ABDOMIN- (Base)

belly, abdomen

ACANTH (Base)

spike, thorn, spine

ACR- (Base)

[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet)

ALG- (Base)

pain

ALGES- (Base)

sensitivity to pain

ALL- (Base)

other, another, different

ANGI- (Base)

(blood) vessel, duct

ANTER- (Base)

front, in front

ARTERI- (Base)

[air passage] artery

ARTHR- (Base)

joint

BI- (Base)

life

BRACHI- (Base)

(upper) arm

BRADY- (Base)

short

CALC- (Base)

stone, calcium

CARDI-, CARD- (Base)

heart; cardia

CEL-, CELI- (Base)

abdomen

-CEL- (Base)

hernia, tumor, swelling

CEPHAL- (Base)

head

COL- (Base)

colon

COLI- (Base)

Escherichia coli

COLON- (Base)

colon

CORON- (Base)

crown

CRANI-, CRAN- (Base)

skull

CYST- (Base)

bladder, cyst

CYSTI- (Base)

bladder, cyst

-CYSTIS (Base)

bladder, cyst

CYT- (Base)

[hollow container] cell

-EM-, HEM-, HEMAT- (Base)

blood

ENCEPHAL- (Base)

brain

ENTER- (Base)

(small) intestine

ERYTHR- (Base)

red, red blood cell

GASTR-, GASTER (Base)

stomach

HEPAR-, HEPAT- (Base)

liver

LEUK- (Base)

white, white blood cell

LIP- (Base)

fat

LITH (Base)

stone, calculus

LOG- (Base)

word, study

MALAC- (Base)

soft

MEGA-, MEGAL- (Base)

(abnormally) large or long

MES (Base)

middle

METR-, -METER (Base)

measure

MICR- (Base)

(abnormally) small

NEPHR- (Base)

kidney

NEUR- (Base)

[tendon] nerve, nervous system, neuron

ODYN- (Base)

pain

OSTE-, OST- (Base)

bone

PROT (Base)

first

PSEUD- (Base)

false

SCLER- (Base)

hard

SER- (Base)

watery fluid, serum

SOM-, -SOMA, SOMAT- (Base)

body

STEN- (Base)

narrow

STERE-, STER- (Base)

solid, having 3 dimensions

TOX-, TOXI- (Base)

poison

a-, an- (Prefix)

not, without, lacking, deficient (an- before a vowel or h)

ambi- (Prefix)

both

amphi-, ampho- (Prefix)

on both sides, around, both

ana-, an- (Prefix)

up, back, against, throughout

anti-, ant- (Prefix)

against, opposed to, preventing, relieving (ant- before a vowel or h)

apo-, ap-, aph- (Prefix)

away from

bi- (bin-, bis-) (Prefix)

two, twice, double, both

cata-, cath- (Prefix)

downward; disordered (cat- before a vowel or h)

di- (Prefix)

two

dia- (Prefix)

through, across, apart (di- before a vowel)

dis- (Prefix)

apart, away (di- before g, v, and usually before l; dif- before f)

dys- (Prefix)

difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

e-, ec-, ex- (Prefix)

out of, away from (ex- before a vowel)

ecto- (Prefix)

outside of (ect- often before a vowel)

en- (Prefix)

in, into, within (em- before b, m, and p)

endo-, ento- (Prefix)

within (end-, ent- before a vowel)

epi- (Prefix)

upon, over, above (ep- before a vowel or h)

eso- (Prefix)

within, inner, inward

eu- (Prefix)

good, normal, healthy

exo- (Prefix)

outside, from the outside, toward the outside

hemi- (Prefix)

half, partial; (often) one side of the body

hyper- (Prefix)

over, above, excessive, beyond normal

hypo-, hyp-, hyph (Prefix)

under, deficient, below normal (hyp- before a vowel or h)

inter- (Prefix)

between

meta-, met-, meth- (Prefix)

change, transformation, after, behind (met- before a vowel or h)

para-, par- (Prefix)

alongside, beside, abnormal, beyond (par- before a vowel)

peri- (Prefix)

around, surrounding (synonym: circum)

re- (Prefix)

back, again

syn- (Prefix)

together, with, joined (sym- before b, p, and m; sy- : n assimilates or is dropped before l and s)

trans- (Prefix)

across, through

-a (Suffix)

state, condition

-ac (Suffix)

pertaining to, located in (rare)

-e (Suffix)

noun-forming suffix

-ia (Suffix)

state, condition

-iac (Suffix)

person afflicted with, pertaining to, located in

-iasis (Suffix)

disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of

-ic (Suffix)

pertaining to, located in; many words ending in -ic have come to be used as nouns: drug, agent

-ics, -tics (Suffix)

science / study of

-in, -ine (Suffix)

pertaining to, located in

-ist (Suffix)

person interested in

-ite (Suffix)

forms names of chemical substances

-itic (Suffix)

pertaining to; pertaining to inflammation; many words ending in -itic have come to be used as nouns: drug, agent

-itides (Suffix)

plural of -itis: forms plural nouns: inflammation

-itis (Suffix)

inflamed condition: inflammation

-ium (Suffix)

sometimes names a body region; membrane, connective tissue (rarely -eum)

-ma (Suffix)

(often) abnormal or diseased condition; sometimes forms names of substances