PREFIX- ROOT WORD- SUFFIX

Prefix

in the front of the word

Anthrop

Man kind

Theo

Belief

ab

Apart or away from

Para

Beyond or past by

mortis

Death

Homo

Alike

auto

Self / works on its own

Neo

New

Socio

Society

Sub

Below

A/ an

Without/ lacking

Anti

Against

Contra

Opposing

Brady

Slow

Tachy

Fast

Hyper

Above/ excessive

Hypo

Below/ deficient

Dys

Bad painful difficult

Inter

Between

Intra

Within

Bi

Two

Peri

Around

Trans

Across

Mono

One

Olgi

Scanty, few amount

Lethargic

Sluggish drowsy

Precipitous

Steep/ rapid

Erythro

Red

root word

the original word without prefix or suffix being added

Natal

Babies

Cardio

Heart

Vaso

Vessel

Hema/ emia

Blood

Derma

Skin

Histo

Tissue

Path

Disease

Noso

Feeling

Bene

Good, Favorable

Mal

Bad/ poor

Chron

Time

Lat

Hidden or wide

pneumo / pulmo

Lungs, air, gas

Chrom

Color

oste

Bone

Phleb

Veins

Enter

Small intestine

Heptao

Liver

Nephro

Kidney

Suffix

The end of a word

Ics

The science or study of

Acy

Quality, condition, position

Ance

Action or result

Ence

Action or result

Ism

A Distinctive belief

Sion

Action or instance of

tion

Action or instance of

Al

The kind of pertaining to character of

Ness

State or quality of being

Itis

Inflammation

Algia/ Dynia

Pain

Ectomy

Surgical removal

Emia/ penia

Blood condition / deficiency

Pathy

Disease process

Osis

Abnormal condition

Statsis/ pena

Stopping, standing still, breathing

Ous/ ic

Pertaining to, having quality of

Oma

Swelling of

Sclerosis

Hardening of

Megaly

Enlargement

Centesis

surgical puncture, remove fluid

Stomy

Create a surgical opening

ist

One who studies

Tude

State or condition of

cule/ ling

Very small

Nomy

Law

ive

Causing or making

ile

Capable of , pertains to

Ize

To make or cause to be

Ate

State or quality of

Ic

Characteristic of