allied health word roots, suffixes + prefixes

a (prefix)

without

an (prefix)

without

ante (prefix)

before

anti (prefix)

against

auto (prefix)

self

brady (prefix)

slow

contra (prefix)

against

de (prefix)

without

dys (prefix)

difficult, abnormal

endo (prefix)

within

epi (prefix)

upon

eso (prefix)

inward

eu (prefix)

normal

ex (prefix)

out

exo (prefix)

outside

extra (prefix)

outside

hetero (prefix)

different

homo (prefix)

same

hydro (prefix)

water

hyper (prefix)

excessive

hypo (prefix)

under

in (prefix)

not

inter (prefix)

between

intra (prefix)

within

macro (prefix)

large

micro (prefix)

small

myo (prefix)

muscle

neo (prefix)

new

pan (prefix)

all

para (prefix)

beside

per (prefix)

through

peri (prefix)

around

post (prefix)

after

pre (prefix)

before

pro (prefix)

forward or before

pseudo (prefix)

false

retro (prefix)

backward

sub (prefix)

below

supra (prefix)

above

tachy (prefix)

fast

trans (prefix)

across

ultra (prefix)

beyond

un (prefix)

not

bi (prefix)

two

hemi (prefix)

half

mono (prefix)

one

multi (prefix)

many

nulli (prefix)

none

poly (prefix)

many

primi (prefix)

first

quadri (prefix)

four

semi (prefix)

half

tetra (prefix)

four

tri (prefix)

three

algia

pain

cele

hernia

cyte

cell

dynia

pain

ectasis

dilation

gen

produces

genesis

formation

genic

producing

ia

condition

iasis

condition

iatry

treatment

ism

condition

itis

inflammation of

logist

specialist

logy

study of

lysis

breakdown

lytic

dissolving

malacia

softening

megaly

enlargement

oid

resembling

oma

tumor

osis

abnormal condition

pathy

disease

phobia

fear

plasia

development

plasm

formation

ptosis

drooping

rrhage

excessive flow

rrhagia

excessive flow

rrhea

flow

rrhexis

rupture

sclerosis

hardening

stenosis

narrowing

therapy

treatment

trophy

nourishment

ule

small

centesis

surgical puncture

ectomy

removal

ostomy

opening

otomy

incision

pexy

fixation

plasty

repair

rraphy

suturing

gram

record

graph

instrument used to record

graphy

process of recording