Med Term Vocab - Prefixes and Suffixes

Vocabulary practice flashcards for common prefixes and suffixes based on medical terminology notes.

centr-

center

equ-

equal, even

magn-

great

medi-

middle

mult-

many, much

pen-

almost

plur-

many

vari-

different, varied

-cide

killing, murder

-form

form, shape

-fuge

flight, escape

-grade

step, degree

-ped(e)

foot

aev

Age, period of time

al

wing

Ann

Year

calci

Limestone, calcium

cili

Eyelid, eyelash

foli

Leaf

herb

Grass

Lamin

Thin plate

macul

Spot

matr, matern

Mother

nod

Knot

Noct(urn), nox

Night

omn

All, every

Patr, patern

Father

pet, petit

To seek, to ask for

Sept

Fence, to separate

Spic

Point, spike

ultim

Last, farthest

Umbr

Shade, shadow

Unc, uncin

Hook

verm

Wood

vill

Shaggy hair, tuft of hair

Voc

Voice to call

Vor

To eat

coitus

Intercourse

Sinus

Cavity

Bifidus, bifida, bifidum

forked

cavus, cava, cavum

hollow

durus, dura, durum

hard

latus, lata, latum

wide

longus, longa, longum

long

magnus, magna, magnum

big, great, large

mucosus, mucosa, mucosum

mucous

multus, multa, multum

many, much

transversus, tranversa, transversum

oblique, moving across

dexter, dextra, dextrum

right

sinister, sinsitra, sinsitrum

left

brevis, breve

short

centralis, centrale

central

communis, commune

shared, common

frontalis, frontale

relating to the forehead

jugularis, jugulare

jugular

lacrimale, lacrimalis

related to tears

mollis, molle

soft

superficialis, superficiale

superficial, on the surface

vertebralis, vertebrale

of the vertebra

latior, latius

broader

latissimus, latissima, latissimum

broadest

longior, longius

longer

longissimus, longissima, longissimum

longest

major, majus

greater, bigger, larger

maximus, maxima, maximum

greatest, biggest, largest

minor, minus

smaller

minimus, minima, minimum

smallest

anterior, anterius

farther forward

posterior, posterius

farther to the back

superior, superius

higher, upper

exterior, exterius

outer, farther out

interior; interius

inner, closer to the middle

alb

white

flav

yellow

nigr

black

purpur

purple

rose

red

rubr

red

chlor

green/yellow

cyan

dark blue

eryth, erythr

red

glauc

grey

leuk

white

melan

black

poli

grey

cut

skin

glabr

smooth

glob

sphere, lump

abs

away from, from

ad

to, toward, near

ob

against, toward

re

back, again, against

cub, cumb, cubit

to lie down, recline

tund, tus

to beat, to strike