Med Term - ALL PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

-oma

tumor, mass, fluid collection

-plasia

development, formation

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

leiomy/o

smooth (visceral) muscle

myom/o

muscle tumor

neo-

new

onc/o

tumor

rhabd/o

rod

sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)

-cele

hernia

-coma

deep sleep

-crit

to separate

-cyesis

pregnancy

-derma

skin

-dilation

widening, stretching, expanding

-ectasia

dilation, dilatation, widening

-ectasis

dilation, dilatation, widening

-lysis

breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

-lytic

to reduce, destroy, separate, breakdown

-mortem

death

-somnia

sleep

-tresia

opening

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

aer/o

air

aque/o

water

blephar/o

eyelid

cac/o

bad

cheil/o

lip

comat/o

deep sleep

constrict/o

narrowing, binding

cutane/o

skin

dacry/o

tear

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

dent/i

tooth

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

sweat

dilat/o

to enlarge, expand

dis-

apart, to separate

dys-

bad: painful: difficult: abnormal

epitheli/o

skin, epithelium

febr/i

fever

galact/o

milk

ger/o

old age

geront/o

old age

gest/o

pregnancy

gester/o

pregnancy

gravid/o

pregnancy

herni/o

hernia

hidr/o

sweat

hirsut/o

hairy

hydr/o

water

hypn/o

sleep

hyster/o

uterus, womb

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

labi/o

lip

lacrim/o

tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

abdominal wall, abdomen

leth/o

death

lip/o, lipid/o

fat, lipid

mal-

bad

meat/o

meatus (opening)

mort/o

death

narc/o

numbness, stupor, sleep

necr/o

death

noct/o

night

nyct/o

night

odont/o

tooth

omphal/o

umbilicus (navel)

orch/o

testis

orchi/o

testis

orchid/o

testis

palpebr/o

eyelid

phalang/o

phalanges (of fingers and toes)

pil/o

hair

pneum/o, pneumat/o

lung, air, gas

pneumon/o

lung, air, gas

por/o, -pore

opening, passageway

presby/o

old age

purul/o

pus

py/o

pus

pyr/o

fever, fire

pyret/o

fever

pyrex/o

fever

somn/o

sleep

steat/o

fat, sebum

sten/o

narrowed, constricted

test/o, testicul/o

testis, testicle

umbilic/o

umbilicus (navel)

uter/o

uterus (womb)

xer/o

dry, dryness

-er

one who

-ician

specialist

-ist

specialist

-logist

specialist

-or

one who

-apheresis

removal

-assay

to examine, analyze