Prefixes, Bases and Suffixes

a-, an-

negative

Abdomin(o)-

relating to the abdomen

Acous(io)

relating to hearing

Ad-

towardor in the direction of

Aden-

Gland

Alg-

Pain

Angi(o)-

blood vessels

Ante-

Before

Anti-

describing something as against or opposed to another

Appen-

to hang, appendix

bi-, bis-

twice, double

Brachy-

Short

-brady

slow

Carcin-

crab

carpo-

Pertaining to the wrist

cephal(o)-

pertaining to the head

Chol(e)

bile, gall

Chondr-

cartilage

contra-

against

cyst-

bag, bladder

Derm(at)

Skin

Dynia

Pain

Dys-

difficult, bad

ectomy

a cutting out

emia

blood

endo

within

entero-

relating to the intestine

gaster-, gastro-

the stomach

Ger(ont)

old, old age people

Gloss, Glot(t)

Tongue

Glyc-

Sugar

Gram, Graph

a record or picture

hem-, hemato-

relating to the blood

hepa-, hepar-, hetero-

other indicating dissimilarity

Homo- homeo-

same, similar

Hydra-,Hydro-

relating to water

hyper

over, above, beyond

hypo

under

Hyster-

uterus, hysteria

-ism

condition, disease

-itis

an inflammation

lepsis, lepsy

attack, seizure

Leuc, leuk

white blood cells

Lip-

fat

Macro

big

mal-

bad, poor

Mast-, Maz-

breast

Melan-

black

Menging

membrane specifically around the brain

micro

small

Necro

dead

Neo-

new

Neph- Nephra-

kidney

Neu-, neura

nerve

odont

teeth

-oma

a tumor

oo-

egg

Opt

eye

-osis

condition, disease

oste, osteo

bone

ot-

ear

pa(e)d

child

pan-

all, entire

path-

disease, suffering

Penia

deficiency

pepsia

relating to digestion and the digestive track

peri-

around

Phleb

vein

phobia

fear

plasty

surgical repair

pleg, plex

paralysis

pneu

lungs

Pod

foot

poly-

much, many

post

after

pre-

before

pro

the start of

pseudo

something false or fake

psor

itch

re-

back, again

rhage, rhagia

hemorrhage, flow

rhaphy

a suturing or stitching

scler

hard

scopy

use of instrument for viewing

semi-

one half

stasis

stop

stomy

create an opening

sub

under

super, supra

in excess

syn-

with, together

tachy

something irregularly fast

thromb

relating to a blood clot

thyr

thyroid

tomy

cutting

trach

rough

trans

across