PREFIX MED TERM FINAL

ab-

away from

acous(i)-

hearing

acr(o)-

extremity, topmost point

aden(o)-

gland

adip(o)-

fat

ad-

toward

ambi-

both

amni(o)-

amnion

ankylo-

stiff, bent

ante-

before

angi(o)-

vessel

aur(i)-

ear

axill-

armpit

balan(o)-

glans penis

bi-

two

blephar(o)-

eyelid

brachi(o)-

arm

brady-

slow

bucc(o)-

cheek

cardi(o)-

heart

cephal(o)-

head

cerebr(o)-

brain

cholecyst(o)-

gallbladder

con-

together

cry(o)-

cold

cyst(o)-

bladder

dacry(o)-

tear

dent(i)-

tooth

dynam(o)-

power, force

dys-

bad, difficult, abnormal

ecto-

outside

encephal(o)-

brain

endo-

within

enter(o)-

intestine

epi-

upon, on

episi(o)-

vulva/perineum

esthesi(o)-

sensation

eu-

good, normal

extra-

outside

faci(o)-

face

galact(o)-

milk

gastr(o)-

stomach

genu-

knee

gingiv(o)-

gum

gloss(o)-

tongue

glott(o)-

vocal cords

gon(o)-

seed, reproduction

gynec(o)-

woman

hemat(o)-

blood

hemi-

half

hepat(o)-

liver

hist(o)-

tissue

humer(o)-

shoulder

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below normal

hyster(o)-

uterus

idio-

self, one's own

infra-

below

inter-

between, among

intra-

within

irid(o)-

iris

isch-

restriction

iso-

equal

kal/i

potassium

kary(o)-

nucleus

kerat(o)-

cornea

kinesi(o)-

movement

koil(o)-

hollow

kyph(o)-

humped

lacrim(o)-

tear

lact(o)-

milk

lapar(o)-

abdomen wall, flank

laryng(o)-

larynx

later(o)-

lateral

lei(o)-

smooth

lept(o)-

light, slender

leuk(o)-

white color

lingu(o)-

tongue

lip(o)-

fat

lith(o)-

stone, calculus

lymph(o)-

lymph

macro-

large

mamm(o)-

breast

mast(o)-

breast

mega-/megal(o)-

enlargement

melan(o)-

black color

mening(o)-

membrane

mes(o)-

middle

meta-

after, behind

micro-

small

mono-

single

morph(o)-

form, shape

muscul(o)-

muscle

my(o)-

muscle

myc(o)-

fungus

myel(o)-

bone marrow

myring(o)-

eardrum

myx(o)-

mucus

narc(o)-

numb, sleep

nas(o)-

nose