AHS1110_Booster Deck: Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

a-, an-

without, absence of

ab-

away from

a-, an-

without, absence of

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

-algia

pain

-ary

pertaining to

-cele

hernia, swelling, tumor

-cyte

cell

-desis

surgical fixation, binding

-dipsia

thirst

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-emesis

vomiting

-gram

record, picture

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

-ia

abnormal condition, disease

-ism

state of, condition

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

the process of measuring

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, neoplasm

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement, drooping

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhagia

bleeding, excessive flow

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

surgical incision

-tripsy

crushing

-trophy

nourishment, development

ultra-

beyond, excessive

hyper-

excessive, increased

hypo-

deficient, decreased

inter-

between, among

intra-

within, inside

sub-

under, below

super-, supra-

above, excessive

epi-

upon, above

peri-

surrounding, around

endo-

within

exo-

outside, outward

ecto-

outside

trans-

across, through

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

eu-

good, normal

neo-

new

pre-

before

post-

after

retro-

behind, backward

hemi-

half

mono-

one

uni-

one

bi-

two

tri-

three

quadri-

four

poly-

many

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

oste/o

bone

arthr/o

joint

chondr/o

cartilage

my/o

muscle

fasci/o

fascia

neur/o

nerve

encephal/o

brain

cardi/o

heart

angi/o

vessel

vas/o

vessel, duct

phleb/o

vein

ven/o

vein

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

pulmon/o

lung

pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung, air

thorac/o

chest

gastr/o

stomach

enter/o

small intestine

col/o, colon/o

large intestine, colon

hepat/o

liver

nephr/o

kidney

ren/o

kidney

cyst/o

bladder, sac

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

or/o, stomat/o

mouth

gloss/o, lingu/o

tongue