Med term prefixes/suffixes

prefix/suffix

tox-

poison/ toxin

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

mal-

bad

eu-

good/normal

neo-

new

eso-

inward

pro-

before/forward

tachy-

rapid

auto-

self

ultra-

beyond

re-, retro-

behind/back

pre-

before

post-

after

para-, peri-

beside, near

inter-

between

hypo-, infra- , sub-

below/beneath

hyper-, super,supra-

excessive. above

ex-, exo-, extra-

outside, away from , external

dia-, trans-

through/across

ec, ecto-

out/outside

en-, endo-, end-, in-, intra-

in, within , inner

\-plegic

pertaining to paralysis

\-pnea

breathing

\-pneic

pertaining to breathing

\-ptosis

drooping, prolapse

\-salpinx

uterine (fallopian) tube

\-sclerosis

hardening

\-static

not in motion

\-stenosis

narrowing/stricture

\-thorax

chest

\-emia

a condition of the blood

\-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia

pain

\-dipsia

thirst

\-esthesia

sensation

\-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy

vision/view of

\-osmia

smell/odor

\-cidal, -cide

destroying/killing

\-desis

surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together

\-dilation

widening, stretching or expanding

\-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

\-graphy

process of recording

\-metry

measurement

\-pexy

surgical fixation

\-iatrics, -iatry

Field of medicine

\-iatrist, -ician, -ist

specialist

\-logist, -ologist

Specialist in the study of

\-logy, -ology

study of

\-centesis

surgical puncture

\-plasty

surgical repair

\-rrhapy

suture/suturing

\-scopy

visual examination

\-therapy

treatment

\-tomy

cutting into/incision

\-tripsy

crushing

\-acusia, -acusis, -cusis

hearing

\-phobia

fear

\-phoria

feeling

\-clasis, -clast

to break

\-ectasis

dilation, expansion

\-emesis

vomiting

\-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous

creating, producing

\-kinesia, -kinesis

movement

\-lysis

destruction

\-pause, -stasis

cessation, stopping

\-phage, -phagia

eating, swallowing

\-phasia

speech

\-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth

\-rrhea

flow or discharge

\-rrhexis

rupture

\-spasm

sudden involuntary contraction

\-uresis

urination

\-cele

hernia

\-constriction

narrowing

\-cytosis

a condition of cells

\-derma

skin

\-edema

swelling

\-gravida

pregnant woman

\-ia, -ism

condition

\-iasis

pathological condition or state

\-itis

inflammation

\-lepsy, -leptic

seizure

\-lith

stone

\-malacia

softening

\-megaly

enlargement

\-necrosis

tissue death

\-oid

resembling

\-oma

tumor

\-osis

abnormal condition

\-oxia

oxygen

\-paresis

slight or partial paralysis

\-partum -tocia

childbirth, labor

\-pathy

disease

\-penia

deficiency

\-pepsia

digestion

\-phonia

voice

\-plasia, -plasm

formation/growth

\-plastic

pertaining to formation or growth

\-plegia

paralysis

\-trophy

growth

\-uria

urine