Dental Prefixes, Suffixes, Root, and Combining Forms

Dental Terminology - Kindle Calista and Charline Dofka

a-, an-

without, away from

ab-

away from, absent, negative

acro-

end extremity

ad-

toward, in the direction of

albus-

white

ambi-

both, both sides

ankylo-

fused/growing together

ante-

before, in front of

anter/o-

before, in front of

anti-

against, counteracting

aqua-

water

aud-

hear

auto-

self

bene-

good,well

bi-

two, both

bio-

life

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

cent-

hundred

circum-

around/surrounding

co-, com-

with

con-

with

contra-

against, opposite

cut/o-

skin

cyan/o-

blue

cry/o-

cold

de-

down, loss, without

demi-

half

dexi/o-

right

dextr/o-

right

di-

twice, double

dia-

complete through

diplo-

double

dis-

seperate, absent

dors-

back

dys-

pain, difficulty

e-

without

ec-

out, out from

ecto-

external, outside

endo-

within, inside

epi-

over, upper

eu-

normal, good, true

ex-

outside, away from

exo-

out

extra-

beyond, outside

fore-

in front of, before

gene -

origin, start

gyne-

woman

hemi-

half

homo-

same-

hyper-

above, excessive, more than

hypo-

low, deficient, less than

im-

not

in-

not, into

infra-

beneath, under, below

inter-

between, among

integra-

forming into one

intra-

within, inside

iso-

equal

juxta-

besides

later/o-

side

leuk/o- leuc/o-

white

macro-

large

mal-

bad

med-

middle

mega-

large

melan/o-

black

mes/o-

middle

micro-

small

mid-

middle

mono-

one, single

multi-

many

myna-

muscle, slime

neo-

new

non-

no, not

normo-

usual, normal

ob-

against

ortho-

straight

pachy-

thick

pan-

all

para-

beside, beyond

per-

through

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

behind, after

pre-

before, in front of

prima-

first

pro-

forward

pseudo-

false

quad/quat -

four

re-

back

retro-

after, behind

semi-

half, partial

sinistro-

left

sta-

standstill, stop

sub-

under

super-

over, above

supra-

over, above

sym-

with, together

syn-

together, union