Combining Form, Suffixes, Prefixes

abdomin/o-

abdomen

arteri/o-

artery

arthr/o-

joint

bi/o-

living organism; living tissue

card/o-

heart

cardi/o-

heart

colon/o-

colon

communic/o-

impart; transmit

cost/o-

rib

cutane/o-

skin

cyan/o-

blue

densit/o-

density

dermat/o-

skin

derm/o-

skin

digest/o-

to break down food; digest

enter/o-

intestine

esthes/o-

feeling; sensation

etym/o-

word origin

gastr/o-

stomach

gemin/o-

group; set

hepat/o-

liver

intestin/o-

intestine

integument/o-

skin

langu/o

words

lapar/o

abdomen

later/o-

side

leuk/o-

white

mamm/o-

breast

medic/o-

medicine

muscul/o

muscle

nas/o-

nose

nat/o-

birth

nerv/o-

nerve

neur/o

nerve

obstetr/o-

pregnancy and childbirth

pelv/o-

hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis

phag/o-

eating; swallowing

pleg/o-

paralysis

pneumon/o-

air; lung

psych/o-

mind

spir/o-

breath; coil

tens/o-

pressure; tension

termin/o-

boundary; end; word

therap/o-

treatment

thyroid/o-

thyroid gland

tonsill/o-

tonsil

urin/o-

urinary system; urine

uter/o-

uterus; womb

vagin/o-

vagina

ven/o-

vein

\-ac

pertaining to

\-al

pertaining to

\-ar

pertaining to

\-ary

pertaining to

\-ic

pertaining to

\-ine

pertaining to

\-ive

pertaining to

\-ous

pertaining to

\-ia

condition; state; thing

\-ation

being; having; process

\-ion

action; condition

\-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

\-iatry

medical treatment

\-ics

knowledge; practice

\-ist

person/thing who specializes in

\-itis

infection of; inflammation in

\-ectomy

surgical removal

\-gram

picture, record

\-graphy

process of recording

\-logy

study of

\-megaly

enlargement

\-metry

process of measuring

\-oma

mass; tumor

\-osis

abnormal condition; process

\-pathy

disease

\-scope

instrument using to examine

\-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

\-tomy

process of making an incision

an-

not; without

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

dys-

abnormal; difficult; painful

epi-

above; upon

hemi-

one half

hyper-

above; more than normal

hypo-

below; deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within

peri-

around

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

behind; in front of

quadri-

four

re-

again and again; backward; less than

tachy-

fast

trans-

across; through

tri-

three

\-ician

skilled expert; skilled professional

\-eon

person who preforms