Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes.

-ac

pertaining to

andr-, andro-

male

auto-

self

bio-

life

chem-, chemo-

chemistry

cyt-, cyto-

cell

-blast-, -blasto-, -blastic

bud, germ

-cyte, -cytic

cell

fibr-, fibro-

fiber

gluco-, glycol-

glucose, sugar

gyn-, gyno-, gynec-

female

hetero-

other, different

hydr-, hydro-

water

idio-

self, one's own

-ity

pertaining to

karyo-

nucleus

neo-

new

-ous

pertaining to

oxy-

sharp, acute, oxygen

pan-, pant-, panto-

all or everywhere

pharmaco-

drug, medicine

re-

again, backward

somat-, somatico-, somato-

body, bodily