Table 2.3 Common Word Parts

Vocabulary flashcards covering prefixes, suffixes, and word roots from Table 2.3 Common Word Parts.

a- or an-

Without; lack of; deficient

-algia

Painful condition

ante-

Before

anti-

Against

arth- or arthro-

Joints

aut- or auto-

Self

bi-

Two; double

-cid or -cide

To cut, kill, or destroy

chon- or chondro-

Cartilage

circum-

Around

co-, com-, or con-

With or together

contra-

Against; opposite

-cyte or cyto-

Cell

dys-

Painful; difficult

ecto- or exo-

Outside

end- or endo-

Within; inside

epi-

Upon; on; above

extra-

Outside; beyond; in addition to

gastr- or gastro-

Stomach; gastrointestinal tract

-genic, -gen, -geny

Producing

glyco-

Sugar

hist- or histio-

Tissue

homeo- or homo-

Unchanging; the same; steady

hyper-

Over; above; excessive

hypo-

Under; beneath; deficient

infra-

Beneath

inter-

Among; between

intra-

Within; inside

ipsi-

Same or self

iso-

Equal; like

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Study or science of

macro-

Large

micro-

Small

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition; disease

para-

Near; beside; beyond

path- or patho-

Disease

-penia

Deficiency or lack

peri-

Around

poly-

Much; many

post-

After; beyond

pre- or pro-

Before; in front of

pseudo-

False

retro-

Backward; behind

Scler- or schleo-

Hard; hardening

Soma- or somato

Body

-stasis or stat-

Stand still

Sten-

Narrow

Sub-

Under; beneath; below

Super- or supra-

Above; over; beyond

Syn- or sym-

With;together

Trans-

Across; through