Medical Terminology: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes for Anatomy and Pathology

Febr

fever

First

arc, -arche, primi, proto

Foot

ped

Hair

pil, trich

Half

demi, hemi, semi

Hearing

acoust, audi, -cusis

Heat

calor, therm

Huge

mega, gigant, meglo

Itching

prurit, psor

Kidney

nephr, ren

Lens of the eye

phac, phak

Milk

galact, lact

Lip

cheil, chil, labi

Little

-ole, -ule

Lung

pneum, pneumon, pulmon

Mind

ment, -noia, phren, psych

Mouth

or, stomato

Mucus

blenn, muc, myx

Muscle

muscul, my, myos

Nail

onych, ungu

Night

noct, nyct

Nose

nas, rhin

Nucleus

kary, nucle

Oil

ele, ole

Ovary

oophor, ovari

Pain

-algia, dolor, -dynia

Palate

palate, uran

Pregnancy

-cyesis, gravid

Pupil

cor, pupil

Rectum

procto, rect

Saliva

ptyal, sial

Same

homeo, homo, ipsi, tauto

Skin

cutane, derm, demat

Sound

son, phon

Specialist

-ician, -ist, -logist

Stone

lith, petr

Straight

ithy, orth

Strength

dynam, -sthenia, sthen

Sugar

gluc, glyc, sacchar

Sweat

hidr, sud

Swelling

-edema, -tumescence, tumese

Tear

dacry, lacrim

Thick

pachy, pyen, pykn

Time

chron, temp, tempor

Tongue

gloss, lingu

Tooth

dent, odont

Tumor/mass

-oma, onc

Uterus

hystero, metr, uter

Vagina

colp, vagina

Vein

phleb, ven

Vertebral/spinal column

rachi, spin, spondyl

Vessel

angi, vas

Vulva

episi, vulv

Water

aque, hydro

Ab

away from

Ad

toward, near

Ambi

around, on both sides, about

Amphi

around on both sides

Ana

up backward against

Ante

before forward

Anter

front

Apo

away

Cata

down, under

Circum

around

Contra

against

Dextr

right

Dia

through

Dis

apart

Dest

distant

Ec-,ecto

outside, out

En,endo

inside

Epi

above

Eso

within

Ex

out away from

Exo

out, away from

Extra

outside

Fore

before, in front

Hyper

above, excessive, beyond

Hypo

under, deficient, below

Infra

below, beneath

Inter

between

Intra

within

Juxta

near

Later

side

Medi

middle

Meso

middle

Para

along side, near, beyond, abnormal

Per

through

Peri

around, surrounding

Post

after, behind

Poster

behind, towards the back

Pre

before

Pro

before

Pros

forward, anterior

Proxim

near

Re

back, again

Retro

behind

Sinister

left

Sub

under

Supra, super

above, beyond