Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes

Flashcards covering essential medical prefixes and suffixes, as well as body location terms and organs.

a-, an- = __.

no

ab- = __.

away

anti- = __.

against

auto- = __.

self

brady- = __.

slow

tachy- = __.

fast

dys- = __.

bad/difficult/painful

endo- = __.

within

epi- = __.

upon

eu- = __.

normal

ex-, e- = __.

out

extra- = __.

outside

hyper- = __.

excessive

hypo- = __.

below

in- = __.

in

in-, im- = __.

not

inter- = __.

between

intra- = __.

within

macro- = __.

large

micro- = __.

small

neo- = __.

new

oligo- = __.

few

pan- = __.

all

para- = __.

beside/abnormal

per- = __.

through

peri- = __.

around

post- = __.

after

pre- = __.

before

pro- = __.

for/before

re- = __.

again

retro- = __.

backward

sub- = __.

under

trans- = __.

across

mono- = __.

one

bi- = __.

two

tri- = __.

three

quadri- = __.

four

semi- = __.

half

hemi- = __.

half

poly-/multi- = __.

many

nulli- = __.

none

deci- = __.

tenth

-algia/-dynia = __.

pain

-cele = __.

hernia

-cyte = __.

cell

-gen/-genic = __.

produce

-ia = __.

condition

-iasis = __.

abnormal condition

-ism = __.

state of

-ity = __.

condition

-itis = __.

inflammation

-logy = __.

study

-logist = __.

specialist

-lytic = __.

destruction

-malacia = __.

softening

-megaly = __.

enlargement

-oid = __.

resembling

-ole/-ule = __.

small

-oma = __.

tumor

-osis = __.

abnormal condition

-pathy = __.

disease

-plegia = __.

paralysis

-ptosis = __.

drooping

-rrhea = __.

discharge

-rrhage/-rrhagia = __.

excessive flow

-rrhexis = __.

rupture

-sclerosis = __.

hardening

-stenosis = __.

narrowing

-therapy = __.

treatment

-trophy = __.

development

-centesis = __.

puncture

-ectomy = __.

removal

-stomy/-ostomy = __.

opening

-tomy/-otomy = __.

cut into

-pexy = __.

fixation

-plasty = __.

repair

-rrhaphy = __.

suture

-gram = __.

record

-graph = __.

instrument

-graphy = __.

process

-meter = __.

measure

-metry = __.

measuring

-scope = __.

view

-scopy = __.

exam

anter/o = __.

front

poster/o = __.

back

super/o = __.

above

infer/o = __.

below

medi/o = __.

middle

later/o = __.

side

proxim/o = __.

near

dist/o = __.

far

dors/o = __.

back

ventr/o = __.

front/belly

abdomin/o = __.

abdomen

brachi/o = __.

arm

inguin/o = __.

groin

derm/o, dermat/o = __.

skin

cutane/o = __.

skin

melan/o = __.

black