Prefix/Suffix/Root

a-/an-

lack of

ab-

away from

ad-

towards

-aemia

of the blood

angio-

vessel

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against

baro-

pressure

-blast

germ, bud, progenitor

brady-

slow

broncho-

bronchus (of the lung)

card-

heart

chole-

bile

circum-

around

cyto-/-cyte

cell

derm-

skin

di-

two

dys-

difficult

-ema

swelling

endo-

inner

enter-

intestine

epi-

on, upon

erythro-

red

exo-

outside

extra-

outside

-fferent

carrying

gast-

stomach

-gen-

origin/production

-globin

protein

haem-, hem-

blood

hetero-

different

homo-

the same, steady

-hydr-

water

hepat-

liver

hyper-

excess/above

hypo-

below/under

intra-

within

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

lact-

milk

lymph-

lymph tissue

lyso-/-lysis

breaking down

-mega-

large

micro-

small

myo-

muscle

neo-

new

nephro-

kidney

neuro-

nerve

-oid

resembling, just like

olig-

small, a few

-ology

study of

-oma

tumor

-ophtha-

eye

-ory

referring to

os-, osteo-

bone

-path-

disease

-penia

deficiency of

phag(o)-

eating

-plasm

substance

pneumo-

lung, air

poly-

many

-rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhoea

flow, discharge

sarco-

muscle

-scler

hard

sub-

under

tachy-

excessively fast

thrombo-

clot

-tox-

poison

tri-

three

-uria

urine

vas, vaso-

vessel