Dental Terminology - Prefixes

a-

without, away from

ad-

toward, in the direction of

albus-

white

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

bucca-

cheek, buccal

cut/o-

skin

de-

from, lack

dia-

complete, through

dipl/o-

double

dors-

back

dys-

pain, difficulty

edem-

swelling

epi-

over, upper

faci-

face

gene-

origin

gyne-

woman

infra-

beneath

med-

middle

melan/o-

black

myxa-

mucus, slime

ob-

against

os-

bone, mouth

pan-

all

per-

through

peri-

around

primi-

first

pro-

forward

supra-

above, excessive

tachy-

fast

vaso-

vessel

ventro-

body front

xanth-

yellow

acr/o

extremities

angi/o

vessel

ankyl/o

looped, crooked, stationary

anter/o

before, in front of

bifid/o

split

blepharo

eyelid

brux/o

gland, chew

carcin/o

cancer

cari/o

decay, rot

caud/o

tail

cervic/o

neck

cheil/o

lip

chol/r

gall, bile

chondr/o

cartilage

cocc

round

col/o

colon

coll/i

neck

coron/o

crown

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

dacry/o

tear duct

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

decidu

falling off

edemat/o

swelling

edentul/o

toothless

emet/o

vomit

esthesi/o

feeling

fasci/o

fibrous

fiss/o

crack

foramin/o

opening

foss/o

shallow depression

freno

connecting band

gangli/o

nerve plexus

geront/o

old age

glen/o

socket, pit

glott/i/o

back of tongue

hal

breath

hyster

uterus

ile

ileum

jugul

throat

kerat

hard

labi

lips

lacrim

tears

lapar

abdomen

lith

stone, calculus

mamm

breast

mastic

chew

my

muscle

myel

spinal cord, bone marrow

nar

nose

necr

death

nephr

kidney

occlud

shut

ocul

eye

onc

tumor

oophor

ovary

orchis

testes

ot

ear

palat

roof of mouth

path

disease

phas

speech

phleb

vein

py

pus

pyel

kidney

ren

kidney

rhin

nose

salping

tube