Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes

Flashcards covering medical terminology prefixes and suffixes.

a-, an-

Without

ab-

Away from the midline

ana-

Away from

anabol-

Build up

ante-

Before, forward

aut-, auto-

Same, self

bari-

Weight

bi-

Two

brady-

Slow

de-

Take away, from out of

di-

Complete

dia-

Complete

dys-

Difficult, bad, painful

en-, endo-

In, within

end-

Within

epi-

Above or upon

eu-

Normal

ex-

Out

exo-

Outward

extra-

Out of, outside

hyper-

Excessive

hypo-

Below, deficient

in-

In

inter-

Between

intra-

Through, inside

mono-

One

multi-

Many

par-

Abnormal, beside

peri-

Around

poly-

Many

post-

Afterward

primi-

First

pro-

Before, in front

pseudo-

False

re-

Again, back

retro-

Backward

sub-

Below

syn-

Together

tachy-

Rapid

trans-

Across, through

-ac,-al,-ic,-ical

Pertaining to

-algia

Pain

-arche

Beginning

-ary

Pertaining to

-ate

Process, pertaining to, composed of

-ation

Process

-ative

Pertaining to, quality of

-blast

Germ cell

-centesis

Puncture

-clast

Break down

-cyst

Bladder

-cyte

Cell

-dynia

Pain

-ectasis

Dilation

-ectomy

Excision, removal

-emia

Blood condition

-esis

Abnormal condition

-flux

Flow

-genesis

Creation

-genic

Producing

-globin

Protein

-gram

A record

-graph

To record

-graphy

Process of recording

-gravida

Pregnant woman

-iatry, -ician, -ist, -istry

One who studies, specialist

-ic, -ac, -ical

Pertaining to

-id, -ous

Having a particular quality, pertaining to

-ile

Capable of

-ion, -ism

Condition, process

-is

Belonging to, pertaining to, condition

-ist

One who studies, specialist

-itis

Inflammation

-ity

Condition

-le

Small

-logy

Study of

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Resemble

-oma

Tumor, mass

-one

Chemical substance, hormone

-opsy

To view

-ose

Full of, condition

-otomy

Incision

-ous

Pertaining to

-pathy

Disease

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-phobia

Fear of

-plasm

Something formed

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhage

Excessive flow

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-rrhoid

Flow

-salpinx

Tube

-scope

Instrument for viewing

-scopy

To view

-stasis

Control, stop, stand still

-stenosis

Narrowing

-tripsy

To crush

-trophy

Development, nourishment

-ule

Little, small