Medical Terminology Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering medical prefixes, word roots, and suffixes compiled from lecture review notes.

Prefix: a-

not

Prefix: ab-

away

Prefix: ad-

toward

Prefix: an-

not

Prefix: ante-

before

Prefix: anti-

against

Prefix: bi-

two

Prefix: brady-

slow

Prefix: circum-

around

Prefix: con-

with, together

Prefix: contra-

against

Prefix: de-

down

Prefix: dia-

through

Prefix: dys-

bad

Prefix: e-

out

Prefix: ec-

out

Prefix: ecto-

outside

Prefix: en-

in, inside

Prefix: endo-

in, inside

Prefix: epi-

upon

Prefix: eu-

good

Prefix: ex-

out

Prefix: exo-

outside

Prefix: extra-

outside

Prefix: hemi-

half

Prefix: hyper-

over

Prefix: hypo-

under

Prefix: inter-

between

Prefix: intra-

in, inside

Prefix: macro-

large

Prefix: micro-

small

Prefix: mono-

one

Prefix: multi-

many

Prefix: oligo-

few

Prefix: pan-

all

Prefix: peri-

around

Prefix: poly-

many

Prefix: post-

after

Prefix: pre-

before

Prefix: pro-

before, on behalf of

Prefix: re-

again

Prefix: semi-

half

Prefix: sub-

beneath

Prefix: sym-

with, together

Prefix: syn-

with, together

Prefix: tachy-

fast

Prefix: trans-

through

Prefix: uni-

one

Root: angi/o

blood vessel

Root: arthr/o

joint

Root: cardi/o

heart

Root: derm/o, dermat/o

skin

Root: enter/o

small intestine

Root: gastr/o

stomach

Root: gen/o

generation, cause

Root: hem/o, hemat/o

blood

Root: hepat/o

liver

Root: hydr/o

water

Root: morph/o

shape, form

Root: muscul/o

muscle

Root: my/o

muscle

Root: myc/o

fungus

Root: necr/o

death

Root: neur/o

nerve

Root: orth/o

straight

Root: path/o

suffering, disease

Root: phag/o

eat

Root: plas/o

formation

Root: pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung

Root: pulmon/o

lung

Root: py/o

pus

Root: scler/o

hard

Root: sten/o

narrowing

Root: troph/o

nourishment, development

Root: vas/o, vascul/o

blood

Root: xen/o

foreign

Suffix: -ac

pertaining to

Suffix: -al

pertaining to

Suffix: -algia

pain

Suffix: -ar, -ary

pertaining to

Suffix: -cele

hernia

Suffix: -centesis

puncture

Suffix: -desis

binding

Suffix: -dynia

pain

Suffix: -eal

pertaining to

Suffix: -ectomy

removal

Suffix: -emia

blood condition

Suffix: -gram

written record

Suffix: -graph

instrument used to produce a record

Suffix: -graphy

writing procedure

Suffix: -ia

condition

Suffix: -iasis

presence of

Suffix: -iatrics

medical science

Suffix: -iatrist

specialist in medicine of

Suffix: -iatry

medical science

Suffix: -ic

pertaining to

Suffix: -icle

small

Suffix: -ism

condition

Suffix: -ist

specialist

Suffix: -itis

inflammation