health suffixes AND prefixes

for health science foundations p7

a, an-

a, an-

without or absence of

ab-

from or away

ad-

to or towards

ana-

up

ante-

before

anti-

against

append-

to hang something

bi, bin-

two

brady-

slow

contra-

against

di-

two

dis-

to undo, freeform

ecto, exo, extra

outside

endo-

within

epi-

upon

erythr-

red

glyc-

sweet

hyper-

above

hypo-

below

im-

not

infra-

under, below

inter-

between

intra-

inside

iso-

equal

macro-

large

meso-

middle

meta-

after

micro-

small

mono-

one

multi-

many

mut-

change

neo-

new

para-

beside

patho-

disease

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

pseudo-

false

re-

back

retro-

back or behind

semi-

half

sub-

under and below

super-

over and above

syn-

together or joined

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

trans-

through, across, beyond

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one

-al

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-blast

budding

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cidal

killing

-crit

to seperate

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision or surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-emesis

vomiting

-gen, genesis, genic

producing or causing

-glia

glue

-gram

something written

-ia

condition of, diseased, or abnormal state

-iac, ic, ior

pertaining to

-ism

state of

-itia, itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lyte

dissolvable

-lytic

destroy, reduce

-mania

madness or insane desire

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-odia

smell

-ologist

one who studies or practices

-oma

tumor or swelling

-opia

vision

-opsy

to view

-orrhea

flow excessive discharge

-orrhexis

rupture

-osis

abnormal increase in production

-ostomy

creation of artificial opening

-otomy

cut into or incision

-oxia

oxygen

-pathy

disease

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

used for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-sepsis

infection

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-stasis

control or stop

-tomy

cutting

-tropic

influencing