Medical Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots

a-,an-

without

ab-

away from

ana-

up, beyond

antero-

in front of

anti-

against

ante-

before

brady-

slow

co,com, con-

with, together

contra-

against

corne-

horn-like

di

two

dys-

difficult

endo, ento

within,inner

extra

outside

fistul-

pipe, narrow passage

hemi-

half

hyper-

above

hypo-

below, beneath, under

infra-

below, beneath

inter-

between

intra-

within, inner

leuco-

white

macro-

large

mal-

bad

neo-

new

pariet-

wall

peri-

surrounding

phleb-

vein

phren-

mind

postero-

back part, rear

pre-

before

pro-

in front of, before

psuedo-

false

retro-

behind

sacro-

soft tissue

semi-

half, part

sub

below

super-,supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

-algia

pain

-centesis

puncture

-cyst

sac of fluid

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

excision, removal of

-emia

blood

-esthesia

sensation

-genesis, -genic, -gen

origin

-gram

writing, recording

-graphy

picture, recording

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

breaking down

-mycosis

fungal condition

-ology

study of

-oma

tumor

-oscopy

examination

-osis

condition

-ostomy

surgical opening

-otomy

incision into

-pathy

diease

-penia

deficiency, poverty

-phag, phage

to eat

-plasty

repair of

-ptosis

falling

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-megaly

enlargement

aden-

gland

angio-

vessel

cerebro-

brain

cheil, chil-

lip

chondr-

cartiliage

crani-

skull

cysto-

bladder, sac

cyt-

cell

derm-

skin

encephal-

brain

entero-

intestine(small)

gastro-

stomach

gravid-

pregnant

gylco-

sugar, sweet

hemato-

blood

hepat-

liver

hyster-

uterus

laryngo-

throat, larynx

leuc, leuk-

white

lith-

stone

mamm-

breast

mast-

breast

metr-

uterus

myel-

marrow

myo-

muscle

nephr-,ren

kidney

oophor-

ovary

onco-

cancer

opthalm-

eye

osteo-,oss-

bone

ot, oto-

ear