[MT] Chapter XVII

prefix: a-, an-

Meaning: Not, without

Example: Anhydrous, atom

prefix: ana-, an-

Meaning: up, back, again

Example: anabolic, anatomy

prefix: cata-, cat-

Meaning: down, against, according to

Example: catalyst, cataract

prefix: dia-, di-

Meaning: through, across, between

Example: diaphragm, diarrhea

Prefix: en-, el-, em-

Meaning: In, into, inward

Example: emphysema, enema

Prefix: endo-, ento-

Meaning: Within, inner

Example: Endocrine, entoblast

prefix: epi-, ep-

Meaning: Upon, on, to, in addition to

Example: epidural, epilepsy

prefix: hypo-, hyp-

Meaning: below, deficient, less than normal

Example: hypodermic, hypothalamus

prefix: meta-, met-

Meaning: after, change, transfer

Example: metamorphosis, metastasis

prefix: para-, par-

Meaning: beside, resembling, disordered

Example: parasitic, paraspinal

prefix: syn-, syl-, sy-, sys-

Meaning: with, together

Example: symbiosis, systolic

base: alg-

Meaning: pain

Example: analgesic, myalgia

base: blast-

Meaning: embryonic cell

Example: entoblast, trophoblast

base: cephal-, encephal-

Meaning: head, brain

Example: acephalous, cephalopod, encephalitis, mesencephalon

base: chrom-, chromat-

Meaning: color

Example: chromosome, metachromatic

base: derm-, dermat-

Meaning: skin

Example: endoderm, hypodermic

base: erg-

Meaning: work

Example: ergonomic, synergy

base: gaster-, gastr-

Meaning: stomach

Example: gastrointestinal, metagastric

base: gno-

Meaning: to know

Example: diagnosis, prognosis

base: hap-, hapt-

Meaning: to grasp, to fasten

Example: haptoglobin, synapse

base: hydr-

Meaning: water, fluid

Example: anhydrous, hydrogen

base: ly-, lys-

Meaning: to loosen, to dissolve

Example: analysis, paralysis

base: nephr-

Meaning: kidney

Example: nephritis, paranephric

base: od-

Meaning: way, road

Example: cathode, odometer

base: path-

Meaning: disease, suffering, feeling

Example: sympathy, apathy

base: phy-, phyt-

Meaning: to grow plant, growth

Example: hypophysis, physics, epiphytic, osteophyte

base: phyll-

Meaning: leaf

Example: aphyllous, chlorophyll

base: plast-, plast-

Meaning: to form, to mold

Example: endoplasm, plastic

base: scop-

Meaning: to look at, to view

Example: endoscope, microscopic

base: sta-

Meaning: to stand, to stop

Example: hypostasis, metastasis

base: stal-, stol-, -stle

Meaning: to to send, to contract

Example: diastolic, systolic

base: thalam-

Meaning: chamber, room

Example: hypothalamus, thalamocortical

base: thyr-

Meaning: to shield

Example: hypothyroidism, thyroid

base: tom-

Meaning: to cut

Example: anatomy, entomology

base: ton-

Meaning: stretching, tension

Example: atonia, catatonic

base: tox-

Meaning: poison

Example: antitoxtin, toxicology

base: troph-

Meaning: nourishment

Example: atrophy, hypotrophic

base: zyg-

Meaning: yoke, joining

Example: hemizygous, syzgy