TLM chap 4

The language of Medicine Prefixes

a-, an-, in-

not; no; without

ante-, pre-, pro-

before; forward; in front of

anti-, contra-

against; opposite

con-, syn-, sym-

with; together

de-, cata-

down, lack of;

dia-, per-, trans-

through; complete; across

dys-, mal-

bad; abnormal; difficult; painful

ec-, ecto-, ex-

out; outside

endo-, in-, intra-

in; within; into

epi-, hyper-, supra-

upon; on; above; excessive; upper

hypo-, infra-, sub-

under; deficient; beneath

re-, retro-, post-

back; again; behind; backward; after

ultrra-, meta-

beyond; excess; change

carp/o

wrist bones

cib/o

meals

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

duct/o

to lead, carry

flex/o

to bend

furc/o

forking, branching

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar

immun/o

protection

later/o

side

morph/o

shape, form

mort/o, necro/o

death

nat/i

birth

nect/o

to bind, tie, connect

norm/o

rule, order

ophthalm/o

eye

ox/o

oxygen

pub/o

pubis (pubic bone)ren

ren/o

kidney

seps/o

infection

somn/o

sleep

son/o

sound

the/o

to put, place

thyr/o

throid gland; shield

top/o

place, position, location

tox/o

poision

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

urethr/o

urethra

ven/o

vein

-crine

to secrete

-drome

to run

-fusion

coming together; to pour

-gen

substance that produces

-lapse

to slide, fall, sag

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-or

one who

-partum

birth, labor

-phoria

to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

-physis

to grow

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasm

structure or formation

-pnea

breathing

-ptosis

falling, drooping, prolapse

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-trophy

development, nourishment

uni-

one

tachy-

fast

poly-

many, much

peri-

surroundingf

para-

abnormal, beside, near

pan-

all

neo-

new

micro-

small

meta-

beyond, change

macro-

large

inter-

between

hemi-

half

eu-

good normal

brady-

slow

bi-

two

auto-

self, own

ana-

up, apart

ad-

toward

ab-

away from