MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ( PREFIX & SUFFIX)

a-/an-

without, not

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-

before

anti-

against

auto-

self

bi-

two

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

circum-

around

contra-

against

de-

down, away

dys-

difficult, painful

endo-

inside

epi-

above

eu-

good, normal

exo-

outside

extra-

outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

beside

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before, forward

pseudo-

false

re-

again

retro-

backward

sub-

under

super-

above

supra-

above

trans-

across

tri-

three

uni-

one

mal-

bad

mono-

one

multi-

many

olig-

few

iso-

equal

hetero-

different

homo-

same

-algia

pain

-emia

blood condition

-itis

inflammation

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-ectomy

removal

-otomy

incision

-ostomy

surgical opening

-graphy

recording

-gram

record

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of viewing

-lysis

breakdown

-megaly

enlargement

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhage

bursting forth

-rrhaphy

suturing

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

cutting

-uria

urine condition

-cele

hernia

-cyte

cell

-genic

producing

-logy

study of

-meter

measure

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasia

growth, formation

-pnea

breathing

-ptosis

drooping

-sclerosis

hardening

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-stomy

opening

-trophy

development, nourishment

-ic

pertaining to

-ac

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ive

pertaining to

-oid

resembling