Module 1 - Word Parts

The suffixes, prefixes, and root words of the first module.

append/o-

(Root) to attach; to hang on

arthr/o-

(Root) joint, articulation

cardi/o-

(Root) heart

cholecyst/o-

(Root) gall bladder

cost/o-

(Root) rib

cutane/o-

(Root) skin

esthes/o-

(Root) sensation

gastr/o-

(Root) stomach

hepat/o-

(Root) liver

lapar/o-

(Root) loin, flank, abdomen

laryng/o-

(Root) larynx

mamm/o-

(Root) breast, mammary gland

muscul/o-

(Root) muscle

nas/o-

(Root) nose

neur/o-

(Root) nerve

pneumon/o-

(Root) lung

psych/o-

(Root) mind

tonsill/o-

(Root) tonsils

ven/o-

(Root) vein

-ac; -al; -ar; -ary; -ous

(Suffix) pertaining to

-ation; -osis; -ion

(Suffix) process, action, or condition

-ia

(Suffix) state, or (abnormal) condition

-ism

(Suffix) medical condition or disease resulting from some specified thing

-itis

(Suffix) inflammation or infection

-megaly

(Suffix) irregular enlargement

-oma

(Suffix) tumor, neoplasm

-pathy

(Suffix) condition or disease

-ectomy

(Suffix) surgical removal

-gram

(Suffix) picture or record

-scope

(Suffix) an instrument for viewing or observing

-iatry

(Suffix) medical treatment

-logy

(Suffix) study of

-graphy

(Suffix) process or writing or recording

-scopy

(Suffix) involving an instrument for viewing; seeing; observation

a-

(Prefix) not, without, lacking

anti-

(Prefix) opposite, against, counteracting, neutralizing

brady-

(Prefix) slow

dys-

(Prefix) abnormal, impaired; difficult

hyper-

(Prefix) over, above; beyond

hypo- ; sub-

(Prefix) below, beneath, under

peri-

(Prefix) around, enclosing; to surround

poly-

(Prefix) more than one; many; much

pre-

(Prefix) earlier; before, prior to

post-

(Prefix) after; later; behind, posterior

tachy-

(Prefix) rapid; accelerated

endo- ; intra-

(Prefix) inside, within

(Greek) -is -> _____ (Plural)

-ides

(Greek) -nx -> _____(Plural)

-nges

(Greek) -oma → _____ (Plural

-omata

(Greek -on → _____ (Plural)

-a

(Latin) -a → _____ (Plural)

-ae

(Latin) -us → _____ (Plural)

-i

(Latin) -um → _____ (Plural)

-a

(Latin) -is → _____ (Plural)

-es

(Latin) -ex → _____ (Plural)

-ices