Chabner Medical Terminology Chapter 4

a-, an-

no, not, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

bi-

two, both

brady-

slow

con-

with, together

dia-

complete, through

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ec-

out, outside

endo-

within, in , inner

epi-

above, upon

ex-

out

extra-

outside of

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

deficient, too little, below

in-

in, into

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal-

bad

meta-

change, beyond

neo-

new

para-

beside, near, along the side of

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before

pro-

before, forward

pros-

before, forward (2)

quadri-

four

re-

back, behind

retro-

back, behind (2)

sub-

under, less than

syn-

with, together

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond

uni-

one

abdomin/o

abdomen

an/o

anus

carp/o

carpals (wrist bones)

cis/o

to cut

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

sli;;

cutane/o

skin

dur/o

dura mater

gen/o

to produce, to begin

glyc/o

sugar

later/o

side

nat/i

birth

norm/o

rule, order

plas/o

formation, growth development

ren/o

kidney

scaul/o

scapula

son/o

sound

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

top/o

to put, place, position

troph/o

development, nourishment

urethr/o

urethra

uter/o

uterus

ven/o

vein

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

-ation

process, condition

-cision

process of cutting

-crine

secretion

-dipsia

thirst

-emia

blood condition

-gen

to produce

-ia

condition

-ine

pertaining to

-ism

condition, process

-lapse

to fall, slide

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-mortem

death

-ous

pertaining to

-partum

birth

-pathy

disease, condition

-phagia

eating

-phasia

speaking

-plasia

formation (condition)

-plasm

formation (tissue)

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scopy

process of visual examination

-section

to cut

-stasis

to stand, place, stop, control

-tension

pressure

-thesis

to put, place

-tic

pertaining to

-trophy

nourishment; development

-um

structure

-y

process, condition

-cuspid

pointed end

antigen

foreign substances that stimulate white blood cells to produce antibodies