Dinesh, Rithika 3rd Period - Unit 1

a-

without, lack of (before consonant)

ad-

toward

an-

lack of, without (before vowel)

ante-

before, Infront of

anti-

against, opposite

auto-

self, same

bi-

two, double

brady-

slow

circum-

around

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, away, removal

deca-

ten

di-

two, twice, double

dia-

through, completely

dys-

bad, painful, abnormal

ecto-

outside

endo-

within, inner

epi-

above, upon

eso-

inward, inside

eu-

good, normal

ex-

out, away

eso-

outside, outward

extra-

outside, beyond

hemi-

half, one side

hetero-

opposite, different

homo-

same, alike

hydro-

water, fluid

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, deficient

in-

not, into

inter-

between

intra-

within, inside

meta-

change, beyond

micro-

small

mono-

one, single

multi-

many, much

myo-

muscle

neo-

new

nulli-

none

oligo-

few, scanty

pan-

all, entire

para-

beside, near, abnormal

per-

through

pen-

around, surrounding

poly-

many, xcessive

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

primi-

first

pro-

before, forward

pseudo-

false

quadri

four

re-

again, back

retro-

backward, behind

semi-

half, partial

sub-

under, below

supra-

above, upper

sym-

together, with

tachy-

fast, rapid

tetra-

four

trans-

across, throughtri

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond, excess

un-

not, reversal

uni-

one

SUFFIXES

-algia

pain-

-cele

hernia, swelling, protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cyte

cell

-desis

surgical fixation, binding

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation, expansion-e

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-emia

blood condition, substance in the blood

-gen

substance/agent that produces

-genesis

production, creation, origin

-genic

producing, causing, originating

-gram

record or image produced

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition, state of

-iasis

abnormal condition, presence of

-iatry

field of medicine, medical treatment

-ism

condition, state, process

-ist

specialist, person who does a certain job

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist, practitioner

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction, breakdown, loosening

-lytic

destruction, dissolving

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oid

resembling, like

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-osis

abnormal condition, disease process

-ostomy

surgical incision, cutting into

-pathy

disease, suffering

penia-penia

deficiency