Prefix and Sufix abbr.

a

without

ab

away

ad

to, toward

anti

against

brady

slow

cyan

blue

de

down

dys

bad, difficult

ecto

outer, outside

en

in , into, within

endo

inner, inside

epi

over, on, upon

ex

out, out of, away from

hemi

half

hyper

excessive, high

hypo

under, decreased

in

in, into, within

inter

between

intra

within

leuko

white

macro

large

meg

large

mirco

small

neo

new

olig

small, scant

para

beside, beyond, after

per

by, though

peri

around

poly

many

post

after, behind

pre

before, in front

re

again

super

above, excess

supra

above, over

tachy

fast, rapid

trans

across

algia

pain

asis

condition, usually normal

cele

hernia, herination, pouching

cyte

cell

ectomy

excision, removal of

emesis

vomiting

emia

blood condition

gram

record

graph

diagram

graphy

making a record

iasis

condition of

ism

a condition

itis

inflammation

logy

the study of

lysis

destruction of

megaly

enlargement

oma

tumor

pathy

disease

penia

lack, deficiency

phagia

to eat or consume, swallowing

phasia

speaking, speech

plasty

surgical repair or re-shaping

plegia

paralysis

pnea

breathing, respiration

rrhage

excessive flow

scope

examination instrument

stasis

maintnence, maintaining a constant level

stenosis

narrowing

stomy

creation of an opening

uria

urine

abdomin (o)

abdomin

angi (o)

gland

Arteri (o)

adrenal gland

Cardi (o)

heart

chole

bile

colon (o)

colon large intestine

crani (o)

skull

derm

skin

encephal

brain

enter (o)

intestines

gastr (o)

stomach

glyc (o)

sugar

gyn

woman

hem

blood

hyster (o)

uterus

hydr (o)

water

lith (o)

stone

my (o)

muscle

myel (o)

spinal cord, bone marrow

necr (o)

death

nephr (o)

kidney

neur (o)

nerve

onc (o)

tumor

penum (o)

lung, air, gas

rhin (o)

nose

stomat (o)

mouth

thromb (o)

clot, thrombus

vascul (o)

blood vessel

verteb (o)

spine, vertebrae

Endocarditis

swelling inside the heart

dysphagia

difficulty swallowing

mastectomy

surgical operation to remove breast

oliguria

small amount of urine

hemorrhage

excessive flow of blood