Anatomy Prefix/Suffix List - Page 1/2

Vocabulary flashcards covering all medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes from the Anatomy and Physiology reference sheets.

a-, an-

without, lack of, absence of

aden(o)

gland, glandular tissue

aer(o)

air, with air, with oxygen, in gas

alg-

pain

-algia

pain

angi(o)

vessel

ante-

before, forward, in front of

anter(i), anter(o)

front, forward

anti-

against

arteri(o)

artery

arthr(o)

joint

-ase

enzyme

ather(o)

fatty

audi(o)

hearing

brady-

slow

bronch(o)

bronchial tube, bronchus

carcin(o)

cancer

cardi(o)

heart

-cele

hernia, herniation

-centesis

surgical puncture

cephal(o)

head

cerebr(o)

cerebrum, brain

cervic(o)

neck, cervix

chol(e)

bile, gall

chondr(o)

cartilage

circum-

around, about, encircling

-coccus, -cocci

bacterium, bacteria

col(o)

colon

contra-

against

cortic(o)

cortex

cost(o)

rib

crani(o)

skull, cranium

cyan(o)

blue, blueness

cyst(o)

bladder

cyt(o)

cell

-cyte

cell

derm(o), dermat(o)

skin

diplo-

double, twofold

dors(o)

back

dys-

difficult, abnormal, bad, painful

-ectomy

excision, excise, to cut out

-emia

blood condition

encephal(o)

brain, inside the head

endo-

inside, inner, within

enter(o)

intestine

epi-

outer, upon

erythr(o)

red

eu-

normal, easy, good

extra-

outside, beyond

gastr(o)

stomach

ger(o)

old age

gingiv(o)

gum, gums

gloss(o)

tongue

gluc(o)

sugar

glyc(o)

sugar, sweet

-gram

picture, graph, record

-graph

recording instrument

-graphy

process of making an image

gynec(o)

woman, female

hem(o), hemat(o)

blood

hemi-

half

hepat(o)

liver

hidr(o)

sweat, sweat glands

hist(o)

tissue

homo-

same, alike

hydr

water

hydro-

water

hyper-

excessive, high, above, upward

hypo-

deficient, low, below, down

hyster(o)

uterus

-iasis

condition of disease

immun(o)

immune

infra-

below, beneath

inter-

between, among

intra-

within, inside

iso-

equal, same

-itis

inflammation

kerat(o)

cornea

lact(o)

milk

lapar(o)

abdomen

laryng(o)

larynx, voice box

later(o)

side

leuk(o)

white

lingu(o)

tongue

lip(o)

fat

lith(o)

stone, calculus

-logist

one who studies or specializes

-logy

the study of

-lysis

destruction, dissolution, breakdown

mal-

bad, abnormal