Prefixes, roots, suffixes, and muscoskeletal system

a-/an-

without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-, contra-

against

auto-

self

bi-

two

bracy-

slow

cata-

down

con-

with, together

de-

down, lack of

dia-

through, complete

dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult, bad

ec-

out, outside

endo-

in, within

epi-

above

eu-

good, normal

ex-

outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, very high, above average

hypo-

under, deficient, below

in-

into, within

infra-

beneath, under

inter-

between

intra-

in, within

macro-

large

mal-

bad

meta-

beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

abnormal, beside, near

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-, pros-

before, forward

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, backward

sub-

under

supra-

above, upper

syn/sym-

together, with

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one

adren/o-

gland

arth/o-

joint

bi/o-

life

carcin/o-

cancerous, cancer

cardi/o-

heart

carpo-

wrist bones

cephal/o

cerebrum

cis/o-

to cut

cost/o-

rib

crin/o

to secrete

sutane/o

skin

cyst/o-

urinary bladder

cyt/o-

cell

cyst/o-

urinary bladder

sutane/o-

skin

dactyl/o-

fingers, toes

dermato/o-, derm/o-

skin

duct/o-

lead, carry

electr/o-

electricity

encephal/o-

brain

enter/o-

intestine

erythr/o-

red

flex/o-

bend

gast/o-

stomach

gloss/o-

tongue

glyc/o-

tongue

glyc/o-

sugar

gnos/o-

knowledge

gynec/o-

women/female

hemat/o-, hem/o-

blood

hepat/o-

liver

iatr/o-

treatment,physician

immune/o-

protection

leuk/o-

white

log/o-

study of

morph/o-

shape, form

mort/o-

death

nat/i-

birth

nephr/o-, ren/o

kidney

norm/o-

rule,order

neur/o-

nerve

onc/o-

tumor

ophthalm/o-

eye

oste/o-

bone

ox/o-, -oxia

oxygen

path/o-

disease

ped/o-

child

pub/o-

pubis

psych/o-

mind

radi/o-

x-ray

rhin/o-

nose

sarc/o-

flesh