anatomy prefixes/suffixes

column I, II, III, IV, V, IV

abdomino-

abdomen

acro-

extremity, peak

adipo-

fat

ap-, api-

tip, extremity

basal-

base, bottom

-blast

growth

brachi-

arm

capit-

head

carcin-

cancer

card-

heart

caud-

tail

cephal-

head

cervic-

neck

chondr-

cartilage

cili-

small hair

coel-

hollow

crani-

skull

cyan-

blue

cyt-, -cyte-

cell

derm-

skin

digit-

finger, toe

dors-

back

epi-

on, over, upon

hist-

tissue

hyal-

glass, clear

hypo-

below, deficient

lacun-

space, cavity

luci-

clear

mela-

dark, black

neo-

new, strange

-oma, onc-

tumor

oral-

mouth

oto-

ear

pect-

breast

pleura-

rib

-poiesis

formation of

squam-

scale, flattened

sudor-

sweat

thoraco-

chest

ventr-

abdomen, belly

a-, an-

absence, lack

ab-

away from

-ac

pertaining to

ad-

to, toward

-al

pertaining to

alg-

pain

arthro-, artic-

joint

-cis

cut

-clast

to break

cost-

rib

dactyl-

finger

dia-

through, between

duct-

lead, carry

extra-

outside of, beyond

fasci-

bundle, band

foram-

opening

foss-

depression, ditch

-genesis

origin of

idio-

peculiar, distinct

infra-

below

-ism

condition

lamell-

small plate

-lemma

sheath, membrane

magn-

large

major-

larger

mal-

bad

-malacia

softening

meat-

passage

meso-

middle

mono-

single, one

myo-

muscle

oligo-

few

-ology

study of

oss-, ost-

bone

-pathy

disease

sarco-

flesh

super-, supra-

above

sym-, syn-

together, union

-tonia

stretch, tension

alb-

white

ambi-, amphi-

both

angi-

vessel

ante-

preceding, before

-atresia

abnormal closure

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

capill-

hair

cry(o)-

cold

dis-

apart, away from

-emia

condition of blood

endo-

inner, within

erythr-

red

fore-

before, in front

hema-, hemato-, hemo-

blood

hyper-

excess

inter-

between

intra-

inside, within

iso-

same, equal

leuko-

white

macro-

large