Suffixes and prefixes med. term.

Surgical puncture

-centesis

To break; surgical fracture

-clasis

Binding or fixation (of bone or joint)

-desis

Excision/removal

-ectomy

Separation/destruction/loosening

-Lysis

Fixation of an organ

-Pexy

Surgical repair

-plasty

Suture

-rrhaphy

Forming an opening

-stomy

Instrument to cut

-tome

Incision

-Tomy

Crushing

-tripsy

Record/ writing

-Gram

Instrument for recording

-Graph

Process of recording

-Graphy

Instrument for examining

-scope

Visual examination

-scopy

Pain

-dynia -algia

Hernia/swelling

-cele

Dilation/expansion

-ectasis

Vomiting

-Emesis

Blood condition

-emia

Forming /producing/origin

-gen/-genesis

Inflammation

-itis

Softening

-malacia

Enlargement

-Megaly

Tumor

-oma

Abnormal condition; increase(used primarily with blood cells)

-osis

Disease

-Pathy

Decrease/deficiency

-penia

Fear

-phobia

Paralysis

-plagia

Prolapse/downward displacement

-ptosis

Discharge/flow

-rrhea

Rupture

-rrhexis

Abnormal condition of hardening

-sclerosis

Involuntary contraction/twitching

-spasm

narrowing/ stricture

-Stenosis

Poison

-toxic

Condition

-ia -ism

Medicine/treatment

-iatry -ist

Small/minute

-icle -ole -ule

Before

Pre-

Around

Peri-

After

Post-

In/within

Endo - or intra-

Above / upon

Epi-

Below, under, deficient

Hypo-

Under/ below

Infra- or sub-

Between

Inter-

Backward behind

Retro-

Two

Bi-

Double

Diplo- or dipl-

One half

hemi-

Excessive, above normal

Hyper -

Large

Macro-

Small

Micro-

One

Mono- or uni-

Many, much

Poly- or multi-

Four

Quadri-

Three

Tri-

From, away from

Ab-

Towards

Ad-

Around

Circum- or peri-

Through-across

Dia- or trans-

Outside, outward

Ecto- or eco- or extra-

Near or beside

Para-

Upper/ above

Supra-

Excess/beyond

Ultra-

Without/not

A- or an -

Against

Anti- or contra-

Self/own

Auto-

Slow

Brady-

Bad, painful difficult

Dys-

Good/ normal

Eu-

Different

Hetero-

Same

Homo- or homeo-

Rapid

Tachy-