Anatomy Prefix/Suffix - Page 3/4

Vocabulary style flashcards defining medical prefixes and suffixes from Anatomy and Physiology Prefix-Suffix Lists 3 and 4.

-malacia

soft, softening

mamm(o)

breast, mammary gland

mast(o)

breast, mammary gland

megalo-

large, enlarged

-megaly

enlargement

melan(o)

dark pigmented, black

men(o)

menstruation, menses

mening(o)

meninges, membranes

meta-

beyond, after, in succession to

-meter

instrument to measure or count

-metry

process of measuring or counting

my(o)

muscle

myc(o)

fungus, fungi

myel(o)

bone marrow, spinal cord

nas(o)

nose

nephr(o)

kidney

neur(o)

nerve

non-

not

-oma

tumor, abnormal growth

onc(o)

tumor

oophor(o)

ovary, ovaries

ophthalm(o)

eye

-opia

vision

orch(o)

testes, testis, testicle.

-osis

condition, increase

oste(o)

bone

ot(o)

ear

para-

beside, near, beyond, abnormal

-pathy

disease

pelv(i), pelv(o)

pelvis

-penia

deficiency, low number

peps(o)

digestion

-pepsia

digestion

peri-

near, around, surrounding

-pexy

fixation

phag(o)

eat, swallow

-phagia

eat, swallow

pharyng(o)

pharynx, throat

phleb(o)

vein

-phobia

fear

physi(o)

body function

-plasia

development, formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

pneum(o)

air, breath, lung

pneumon(o)

lung

pod(o)

foot

poly-

much, many

post-

after

poster(i), poster(o)

back, behind

presby(o)

old age

proct(o)

anus, rectum

psych(o)

mind, mental

-ptosis

prolapse, sagging, sagged

pulmon(o)

lung

py(o)

pus

pyel(o)

pelvis of kidney, renal pelvis

pyr-, pyro-

fever, fire

radi(o)

x-ray

ren(o)

kidney

retro-

behind, backward, in back of

rhin(o)

nose

-rrhagia

hemorrhage, excessive discharge

-rrhea

flow, discharge

salping(o)

fallopian tube, uterine tube

scler(o)

hard, hardening

-scope

instrument used to exam or look

-scopy

process of examining

semi-

half, partly, partially

spondyl(o)

spine, vertebra, vertebrae

stomat(o)

mouth

sub-

under, below

supra-

above, over, at the top of

syn-

together, with, joined, fused

syphil(o)

syphilis

tachy-

fast, rapid

thorac(o)

chest, thorax

thromb(o)

blood clot

thyr(o)

thyroid

-tomy

incision, incise, to cut into

tox-, toxi-, toxo-

poison

trans-

across, over, through

-trophy

development, growth, nutrition

urethr(o)

urethra

-uria

urine

vas(o)

vessel, vas deferens

ven(o)

vein