Prefixes/suffixes Medical Termi. nology

os, ost, oste, osteo

Bone

-ance

to give

etio

cause

febr

fever

genera

ancestry

genet

birth

gnus

birth

gnos

knowing

hereditar

transmitted in a family line

homeo

same

ileum

flank

infer

underneath

inguin

groin

later

to the side

lesion

damage, injury

lethargic

drowsy

lipid

fat

local

place

lumbus

lower back

marked

making an impression

med, medi

towards the middle

morbid

sick

mortal

dead

observa

what is seen

occult

what is unseen

orient

towards the east

ox

shortening of oxygen

palliat

covering

palpa

feeling with the fingers

pend

hanging

percuss

tapping

phylax

protection

physi, physio

function

plant

bottom of the foot

port

carry

posi

place

poster, posteri

behind

press

pressure, dent

produc

giving rise to

progress

moving forward

prone

face down, bending forward

prox, proxim

near

ptom

something that falls on you

recurr

happening again

remark

making a dent again

remiss

diminishing, becoming less

rostr

nose

rupt

breaking, bursting

sagitt

arrow

sequel

next

skelet

bones

stas

standing still

stem

standing

sterile

not producing offspring

super, superi

toward the top

supine

face up

tens

stretching, pressure

tribut

to pay

umbilicus

navel

vascul

little vessel

vaso

vessel

ventr

belly

vers

across

acerbo, a

harsh, bitter

acute

sharp

aise, ease

state of rest or well-being

alert

aware of surroundings

abdomin

belly

anter, i

front

antrum

cave

assur

secure

ausculta

listen attentively

benign

well-mannered

cario

heart

caud

tail

charge

obligation

chondr

cartilage (in the ribs)

chronic

pertaining to time

coron

crown

cran, crani

head, skull

crino

secretion

different

set apart

dila

increase in size

dist

farther away

dors, dorsum

back

drome

route, road

un-

not

un-, uni-

one

im-

not

sym, syn, sys

with, together

sub-

an underlayer, support

re-

again

radio-

x-rays or other radiation

pro-

in front of, in favor of

ipsi-

same side

non-

not

bi-

two, double

de-

from, down, out

contra-

against, opposite

beni-

for good