mt

Aden/o

gland

Cardi/o

heart

Dermat/o

skin

Enter/o

small intestine

Gastr/o

stomach

Hemat/o

blood

Immun/o

immunity

Nephr/o

kidney

Neur/o

nerve

Pulmon/o

lung

Rhin/o

nose

A- (asymptomatic)

without, away from

An- (anaerobic)

without

Anti- (antigovernment)

against

Auto- (autobiography)

self

Brady-

slow

Contra-

against

Dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal (PDA)

Endo-

within, inner

Epi-

upon, over

Ex-

external, outward

Extra-

outside of

Hetero-

different

Homo-

same

Hydro- (hydraulics)

water

Hyper- (hyperactive)

over, above

Hypo-

under, below

Inter- (interpersonal skills)

among, between

Intra- (intrapersonal skills)

within, inside

Macro- (macromolecules)

large

Micro- (microbiology)

small

Neo-

new

Pan- (panorama)

all

Peri- (perimeter)

around

Post- (postoperative)

after

Pre- (preheat)

before, in front of

Pseudo- (pseudonym)

false

Retro- (retroactive)

backward, behind

Sub- (submarine)

below, under

Tachy-

fast

Trans- (transcontinental flight)

through, across

Un- (unfriendly)

not

Bi- (bicycle)

two

Hemi- (hemisphere)

half

Mono- (monotone)

one

(monotone)

Multi- (multi-vitamin)

many

Nulli-

none

Poly- (polygon)

many

Primi- (primary school)

first

Quadri- (quadrilateral)

four

Semi- (semicircle)

partial, half

Tetra-

four

Tri- (triangle)

three

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-gen (pathogen)

that which produces

-genesis

produces, generates, (create)

-ia

state, condition

(mania)

-iasis

abnormal condition

-iatry (psychiatry)

medical treatment

-ism (dwarfism)

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies, specialist, doctor

-logy (biology)

study of

-megaly

(MEGA)

enlargement, large

-oid

(humanoid)

resembling

-oma

(carcinoma)

tumor, mass, swelling

-osis

(psychosis)

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-phobia

(arachnophobia, claustrophobia)

fear

-rrhage

(hemorrhage)

excessive, abnormal flow

-rrhea

(diarrhea)

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

-centesis

(amniocentesis)

puncture to withdraw fluid

-ectomy

(appendectomy)

surgical removal

-ostomy

(tracheostomy)

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-gram

(Instagram)

record or picture

-graph

(photograph)

instrument for recording

-graphy