Medical Terminology

-algia

pain

-asthen

weakness

-cele

protrusion, hernia

-dynia

pain

-ectasia

expansion or dilation

-emia

blood

-ia

condition

-iasis

condition, state

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

like; in the shape of

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-path/y

disease

-sia

condition

-penia

reduction of size or quantity

-plasia

growth, formation, development

-plasm

substance, matter

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

downward displacement

-rrhage

flowing forth

-derm

skin

-logy

study of, specialty of

-trophy

development/nourishment

ec-, ecto-

outside

ef-

away from

en-

inside

endo-

within, inner, inside

epi-

upon, on, above

ex-

outside

exo-

outside

extra-

beyond

hyper-

above, beyond normal

hypo-

below, below normal

infra-

inside or below

inter-

between

intra-

inside

meso-

middle

meta-

beyond

pan-

all or everywhere

para-

alongside, like

peri-

around, surrounding

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

below

ab-

away from, outside of, beyond

ad-

toward, near to

con-, sym-, syn-

with, together

contra-

against

dia-

across, through

sym-

with, together

syn-

with, together

a-

without, not

an-

without, not

anti-

against, resisting

ante-, pre-

before

brady-

abnormally slow rate of speed

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

eu-

normal, good

mal-

bad

neo-

new

post-

after

pre-

before

tachy-

rapid, abnormally high rate of speed