Medical Terminology: Prefixes

acr/o

extremities

amb/i

both sides/double

anter/o

front

aut/o

self

axill/o

armpit, axilla

blephar/o

eyelid or eyelash

brachi/o

arm

bucc/o

cheek (on the face)

canth/o

angle formed where eyelids meet

capit/o

head

carp/o

wrist

caud/o

tail/downward

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck or cervix neck

cheil/o, chil/o

lip

cheir/o, chir/o

hand

cili/o

eyelash or eyelid, or small hairlike processes

cor/e, cor/o

pupil of eye

crani/o

skull

cubit/o

elbow

dactyl/o

fingers or toes

derm/a

skin

dors/i

back or posterior

faci/o

face

gingiv/o

gums in mouth

gloss/o

tongue

gnath/o

jaws

inguin/o

groin

irid/o

iris of eye

labi/o

lips

lapar/o

abdomen, loin, flank

later/o

side

lingu/o

tongue

mamm/a

breast

mast/o

breast

nas/o

nose

occipit/o

back of head

ocul/o

eye

odont/o

teeth

omphal/o

umbilicus

onych/o

nails

opthalm/o, ocul/o

eyes

optic/o, opt/o

seeing, sight

or/o

mouth

ot/o

ear

papill/o

nipple

pelv/o, pelv/i

pelvis

phall/o

penis

pil/o

hair

pod/o

foot

rhin/o

nose

somat/o

body

steth/o

chest

stomat/o

mouth

tal/o

ankle

tars/o

foot

thorac/o

chest/thorax

trachel/o

neck or necklike

trich/o

hair or hairlike

ventr/i, ventr/o

front of body

abdomin/o

abdomen

acanth/o

spiny or thorny

acetabul/o

acetabulum

acromi/o

acromium

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

adren/o

adrenal gland

alveoli/o

air sac

angi/o

vessel

a/o

anus

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o, arter/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

aspir/o

to breathe in

ather/o

plaque, fat

athr/o, articul/o

joint

atri/o

atrium

audi/o, aur/i

hearing

balan/o

glans penis

bio-

life

bronch/i

bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cellul/o

cell

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/i

cerebrum

cholangi/o

bile duct

chol/e

bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

chondr/i

cartilage

chrom/o

color

col/o

colon

colp/o

vagina

cost/o

rib

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue